brede

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See also: Brede and бреде

English

Etymology

A variant of braid.

Noun

brede (plural bredes) (obsolete)

  1. Ornamental embroidery.
    • 1746, William Collins, “Ode to Evening”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      while now the bright-hair'd Sun / Sits in yon western Tent, whose cloudy Skirts, / With Brede ethereal wove
    • 1819, John Keats, “Lamia”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: ">…] for Taylor and Hessey, , published 1820, →OCLC, part I, page 12:
      The colours all inflam’d throughout her train, / She writh’d about, convuls’d with scarlet pain: / A deep volcanian yellow took the place / Of all her milder-mooned body’s grace; / And, as the lava ravishes the mead, / Spoilt all her silver mail, and golden brede;
    • 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part VI”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, , →OCLC, page 127:
      So those two foes above my fallen life, / With brow to brow like night and evening mixt / Their dark and gray, while Psyche ever stole / A little nearer, till the babe that by us, / Half-lapt in glowing gauze and golden brede, / Lay like a new-fall’n meteor on the grass,
  2. A braid.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ brede, n.3”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse breiða, from Proto-Germanic *braidijaną (to broaden).

Verb

brede (past tense bredte, past participle)

  1. (transitive) to spread
  2. (reflexive, intransitive) to spread
Conjugation
Conjugation of brede
active passive
present breder bredes
past bredte bredtes
infinitive brede bredes
imperative bred
participle
present bredende
past bredt
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund breden
Derived terms

References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

brede

  1. definite singular of bred
  2. plural of bred

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

brede

  1. inflection of breed:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English brǣde, brǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *brādō, from Proto-Germanic *brēdô (meat, roast). Doublet of brawne.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

brede (plural bredes)

  1. (collectively) (Pieces of) roasted meat.
  2. (specifically) A piece of roasted meat.
    Synonym: hastelet
  3. (hunting) One of thirty-two choice parts of a boar for roasting.
    Synonym: hastelet
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Scots: brede
References
  • brēde, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  • David Scott-Macnab (2010) “The Medieval Boar and its Haslets”, in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, volume 111, number 3, Modern Language Society, pages 355-366

Etymology 2

From the oblique cases of Old English bred, from Proto-West Germanic *bred, from Proto-Germanic *bredą.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɛːd(ə)/, /ˈbrɛd(ə)/

Noun

brede (plural bredes)

  1. board, slab
  2. tablet (small board with writing)
Derived terms
Descendants
References

Etymology 3

From Old English brǣdu, brǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *braidī, from Proto-Germanic *braidį̄.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

brede (uncountable)

  1. breadth (measure of how wide something is):
    1. A piece of fabric of standard width.
    2. (geometry) A circle's diameter.
  2. extent (space to which something extends):
    1. The total extent of a surface or object.
    2. (figurative) The extent or totality of one's feelings.
Derived terms
Descendants
References

Etymology 4

Noun

brede

  1. alternative form of bred (bread)

Etymology 5

Noun

brede

  1. alternative form of breid

Etymology 6

Noun

brede

  1. alternative form of brerd

Etymology 7

Verb

brede

  1. alternative form of breden (to grill)

Etymology 8

Verb

brede

  1. alternative form of breden (to spread)

Etymology 9

Verb

brede

  1. alternative form of breden (to breed)

Etymology 10

Verb

brede

  1. alternative form of breiden

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

brede

  1. definite singular of bred
  2. plural of bred

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

brede m (definite singular breden, indefinite plural bredar, definite plural bredane)

  1. alternative form of bre

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

brede

  1. dative singular of bred

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English bread.

Pronunciation

Noun

brede

  1. bread

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “brede”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

Swedish

Adjective

brede

  1. definite natural masculine singular of bred

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