Monday, June 3, 2013

William Reid RIIP... A Reed vs Reid Twin Touwist

On perusing back through the Deaths in 2013 site lists under May 29th, the following:
This is striking considering my previous post regarding Edward Reed also listed on the Deaths in 2013 site under June 1st.  According to the etymology of names, the "Behind the Name" site, the surname's Reid, and "Reed" are diminutives of "Read".   For two notable persons with phonetically identical surnames to die within 4 days apart is nothing short of outstanding... certainly beating the audds, after all the name isn't that common.  So, not only do we have a "Reed/Quill" pattern-cluster occurring as per yesterday's post, butt we also have a "Reid/Reed" pattern-cluster.  

Obviously, the inner twin's of  William Reid and Edward Reed  had orchestrated their conjoined deaths to occur in a "timely" manner.

Note the following information that crops us when keying in "Reid" to the etymology dictionary's search box:
 wroth Look up wroth at Dictionary.comOld English wrað "angry" (literally "tormented, twisted”), from Proto-Germanic *wraithaz (cf. Old Frisian wreth "evil," Old Saxon wred, Middle Dutch wret, Dutch wreed "cruel," Old High German reid, Old Norse reiðr "angry, offended"), from PIE *wreit- "to turn" (see wreath)...
wreath (n.) Look up wreath at Dictionary.comOld English wriða "fillet, bandage, band" (literally "that which is wound around"), from Proto-Germanic *writhon (cf. Old Norse riða, Danish vride, Old High German ridan "to turn, twist," Old Saxon, Old Frisian wreth "angry," Dutch wreed "rough, harsh, cruel," Old High German reid "twisted," Old Norse reiða "angry"), from PIE *wreit- "to turn, bend" (cf. Old Englishwriða "band," wriðan "to twist, torture," wraþ "angry"), from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). Meaning "ring or garland of flowers" is first recorded 1560s.
red (1) Look up red at Dictionary.comOld English read, from Proto-Germanic *rauthaz (cf. Old Norse rauðr, Danish rød, Old Frisian rad, Middle Dutch root, German rot, Gothic rauþs), from PIE root *reudh- (cf. Latin ruber, also dialectal rufus "light red," mostly of hair; Greek erythros; Sanskrit rudhira-; Avestan raoidita-; Old Church Slavonic rudru, Polish rumiany, Russian rumjanyj "flushed, red," of complexions, etc.; Lithuanian raudas; Old Irish ruad, Welsh rhudd, Breton ruz "red"). The only color for which a definite common PIE root word has been found. The surname Read/Reidretains the original Old English long vowel pronunciation. 
Why do I get the sense that the inner twin world are angry?!

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