\Rede\ (r?d), v. t. [See {Read}, v. t.]
1. To advise or counsel. [Obs. or Scot.]
         I rede that our host here shall begin. --Chaucer.
2. To interpret; to explain. [Obs.]
         My sweven [dream] rede aright.        --Chaucer.

\Rede\, n. [See {Read}, n.]
1. Advice; counsel; suggestion. [Obs. or Scot.] --Burns.
         There was none other remedy ne reed.  --Chaucer.
2. A word or phrase; a motto; a proverb; a wise saw. [Obs.]
   ``This rede is rife.'' --Spenser.