brædan

• IPA^(key): /ˈbræː.dɑn/

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *braidijan, from Proto-Germanic *braidijaną; equivalent to brād (“broad”) +‎ -an.

brǣdan

1. (transitive) to make broad, broaden
2. (transitive) to spread, extend
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     baþian brimfuglas, · brǣdan feþra,
     hrēosan hrīm ond snāw, · hagle ġemenġed.

     bathe of sea-birds, spread of feathers,
     fall of frost and snow, mingled with hail.

3. (intransitive) to be extended or stretched (over) (+ ġeond)
4. (intransitive) to grow or rise up

• ġeondbrǣdan

• Middle English: breden
  • English: bread

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “brǽdan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *brādan, from Proto-Germanic *brēdaną (class-7 strong verb).

• brēdan

brǣdan

1. (transitive) to roast, broil, warm

• brǣd

• Middle English: bræden, breden
  • Scots: brade

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “BRǼDAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “brǽdan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.