Proto-Germanic: *rōd-ia- vb., *rēd-a- vb., *rēd-ia- vb., *rēd-a- n., m.
Meaning: council
Gothic: rōdjan wk. `talk, speak, say; mutter, complain'; *ga-rēdan st. `aim at', *ur-rēdan st. `determine, decide', und-rēdan st. `provide for, grant'
Old Norse: rȫδa wk. `reden'; rāδa red. `raten; herrschen; errsten, usw.'; rāδ n. `Rat, Entschluss; Lage; Haushalt; Heirat'; Run. Norw wa[n]δaraδas
Norwegian: röda vb.; rɔda vb.; rɔd
Swedish: rɔda vb.; rɔd
Danish: rɔde vb.; rɔd
Old English: rǟdan (rēord/rēd; rǟden; prt. rǟdde) `to counsel, give advise; to ask advise, cousult a person; to resolve after deliberation, to determine, decide; to rule, govern, dirett; to have the disposal of, have possession of; to read, to explain'; rǟd, -es m. `count, advise; counsel, prudence, intelligence; counsel, plan; what is advisable, benefit; council';
English: read
Old Frisian: rēd; rēda vb.
Old Saxon: rādan vb.; rād
Middle Dutch: raet m. `overleg, beraadslaging, beraad, besluit, plan, raad, middel, maatregel, benodigdheden, voorraad, geheim, list, wijze van doen, geest, gemod, raadsman, raadgevend lichaam'; rāden `overleggen, beramen, menen, raden, aanraden, berokkenen'
Dutch: raad m.; raden
Old Franconian: rāt
Middle Low German: rāt
Old High German: rātan `raten, beratschlagen, worauf sinnen, anstiften, deuten (Rätsel), auffordern, wofür sorgen, verschaffen', rāt m. (8.Jh.) `vorhangene Mittel, Rat, Ratschlag, Überlegung, Entschluss, Absicht, Vorsorge, Vorrat'
Middle High German: rāten st. red. intr. 'raten, beraten, überdenken', tr. 'raten, befehlen, beraten, worauf sinnen usw.'; rāt st. m. 'rat, ratschlag; lehre, belehrung usw.'
German: raten; Rat m.
