brede

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

• brede-stitch

Anagrams

• Breed, berde, breed, rebed

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /breːðə/, [ˈb̥ʁæðð̩]

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

• brede ud
• udbrede

References

• “brede” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

brede

1. definite singular of bred
2. plural of bred

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbreː.də/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: bre‧de
• Rhymes: -eːdə
• Homophone: Breede

Adjective

brede

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

Anagrams

• breed

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

• bræde, bræd (early)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛːd(ə)/

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

• breden (“to grill”)

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^[1], 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

• bræde (early)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛːd(ə)/, /ˈbrɛd(ə)/

Noun

brede (plural bredes)

1. board, slab
2. tablet (small board with writing)

Derived terms

• moldebred
• paxbrede

Descendants

• Scots: bred

References

• “brēd, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

• breed, breede, breide
• bræde, breade (early)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛːd(ə)/

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

• breden (“to spread”)
• bredthe
• hondbrede
• weybrede

Descendants

• English: bread (“breadth”) (dialectal)
• Scots: brede, breid

References

• “brēde, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbre.de/

Noun

brede

1. bread

Swedish

Adjective

brede

1. definite natural masculine singular of bred

Anagrams

• beder, bered