ráða

Old Norse

verb
Definitions
  • (ditransitive) to advise, counsel (someone to do something)
  • (transitive) to consult about, discuss
  • (with dative) to devise, plan
  • (with dative) to agree on
  • (with accusative) to fix, resolve
  • (with accusative) to hire, take into service
  • (with dative) to rule (over), govern
  • (with dative) to rule, command, have one's way with, prevail, decide, settle
  • (with dative) to have, possess, be master of, enjoy
  • (with dative) to explain, read, interpret
  • (with accusative) to read and understand (e.g. runes)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (advise, counsel, decide) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (arrange, perform successfully, count, succeed, think, reason), *Hreh₁dʰ- (arrange, perform successfully, count, succeed, think, reason).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*Hreh₁dʰ-

Gloss

arrange, perform successfully, count, succeed, think, reason

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

理

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