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redd

v - generally with up, to set in order, to tidy. I'll hae to redd up da but-end afore da fock come; to disentangle. Yun's a braa reffled hesp to redd, yun een, That's a complicated situation to disentangle; to comb, as the hair. Shö wis sittin reddin her hair. See redder. Expression to redd up kin means to sort out genealogical connections. Shö wis a graet haand at reddin up kin.

n - to make progress. Dey wirna made muckle redd o da castin whin I wan tae da hill.

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