What is "rheda"

In Anglo-Saxon paganism, Rheda ( Latinized from Old English *Hrêðe or *Hrêða, possibly meaning "the famous" or "the victorious") is a goddess connected with the month '"Rhedmonth"' (from Old English *Hrēþmōnaþ). Rheda is attested solely by Bede in his 8th century work De temporum ratione. While the name of the goddess appears in Bede's Latin manuscript as Rheda, it is reconstructed into Old English as *Hrēþe and is sometimes modernly anglicized as Hretha (also "Hrethe" or "Hrede"). Hrēþmōnaþ is one of three events (apart from the days of the week) that refer to deities in the Anglo-Saxon calendar—the other two being Ēostermōnaþ and Mōdraniht.

Rheda may refer to:

• Rheda (mythology), the Latinized form of the name of an Anglo-Saxon goddess
• Rheda, Germany, a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Reda, Poland, a town in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

• Reda