From Old Swedish bereþa, from Middle Low German bereden, from berede + -en or from be- + reden, equivalent to be- +‎ reda.^[1] Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål berede, Danish berede, Dutch bereiden, German bereiten.

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bereda (present bereder, preterite beredde, supine berett, imperative bered)

1. (transitive) to prepare

• Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.

• beredning
• förbereda