different between tred vs trod

Breton

Etymology

From Old Breton trot, from Proto-Celtic *trozdis, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”); compare Latin turdus, English thrush, and Polish drozd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?e?t/

Noun

tred f (plural tridi)

1. starling

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

tred m (plural treden)

1. step

Related terms

• treden (verb)

Anagrams

• redt

Middle English

Alternative forms

• trede, tredd

Etymology

A back-formation from treden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr?d/, /?tr??d(?)/

Noun

tred (plural tretes or treden)

1. The trail or signs left by travel; footprints
2. (rare) A platform for one's feet.

Descendants

• English: tread

References

• “tr??d(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-03.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??d/

Rhymes: -?d

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t??d/

Etymology 1

See tread.

Verb

trod

1. simple past tense of tread

Etymology 2

From Middle English trod, past participle of treden; see tread. Compare Norwegian trod (“a path”).

Verb

trod (third-person singular simple present trods, present participle trodding, simple past and past participle trodded)

1. To walk heavily or laboriously; plod; tread
   • 1813, The Parliamentary history of England from the earliest period to the year 1803

     Sir ; to me the noble lord seems to trod close in the foot-steps of his fellow-labourers in the ministerial vineyard, and u crow over us with the same reason

   • 1962, American Motorcyclist, February, page 16

     Land of mystery and enchantment, continent of contrast and extremes, where adventure awaits those who dare to defy convention and choose to trod the unfamiliar path.

Derived terms

• downtrod

References

• trod in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Robert E. Lewis (ed.) (1996) Middle English Dictionary?^[3], volume 9, page 1106

Etymology 3

From Old English trodu (“track, trace”), from the same source as tread.

Noun

trod (plural trods)

1. A track or pathway.

Anagrams

• Dort, dort, dtor

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tro (alternative spelling, 1959-2012)

Verb

trod

1. (non-standard since 2012) past tense of tre, treda and trede
2. (non-standard since 2012) past tense of trå

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish trot, from Old Irish troit (“fight, battle, quarrel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to thrust, push”), related to Proto-Germanic *þraut? (“affliction, agony, struggle”).

Noun

trod m (genitive singular troid, plural troid)

1. verbal noun of troid
2. quarrel
3. reproof, rebuke, scolding

   Synonyms: càineadh, cronachadh

Mutation

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) , “trod”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, ?ISBN, page 377