brede

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word brede. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word brede, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say brede in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word brede you have here. The definition of the word brede will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofbrede, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Brede and бреде

English

Noun

brede (plural bredes)

  1. (obsolete) 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
  2. (obsolete) A braid.
    • 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “The Princess”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Half lapped in glowing gauze and golden brede.

Derived terms

Anagrams

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
Inflection of brede
present past
simple breder bredte
perfect har bredt havde bredt
passive bredes bredtes
participle bredende bredt
imperative bred —
infinitive brede —
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

Anagrams

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

Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of bre

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English bread.

Pronunciation

Noun

brede

  1. bread

Swedish

Adjective

brede

  1. definite natural masculine singular of bred

Anagrams

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia