bereda

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

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.

• beredning
• förbereda