Read

Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 429

red, v.t. to utter aloud written or printed words; to peruse to comprehend: to study.— vd. to perform the act of reading: to piactise much reading to appear m reading pa and pa p. read (red). fA.S. rgdan lo discern, interpret, read Ger. rathen, 10 advise.]