brede

See also: Brede and бреде

English

Noun

brede (plural bredes)

(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
(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.

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)

(transitive) to spread
(reflexive, intransitive) to spread

Inflection

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

definite singular of bred
plural of bred

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbreː.də/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: bre‧de
Rhymes: -eːdə
Homophone: Breede

Adjective

brede

Inflected form of breed

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)

(collectively) (Pieces of) roasted meat.
(specifically) A piece of roasted meat.
Synonym: hastelet
(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, volume 111, issue 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)

board, slab
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)

breadth (measure of how wide something is):
1. A piece of fabric of standard width.
2. (geometry) A circle's diameter.
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.

Noun

brede

Alternative form of bred (“bread”)

Noun

brede

Alternative form of breid

Noun

brede

Alternative form of brerd

Verb

brede

Alternative form of breden (“to grill”)

Verb

brede

Alternative form of breden (“to spread”)

Verb

brede

Alternative form of breden (“to breed”)

Verb

brede

Alternative form of breiden

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

brede

definite singular of bred
plural of bred

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

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

Alternative form of bre

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English bread.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbre.de/

Noun

brede

bread

Swedish

Adjective

brede

absolute definite natural masculine singular of bred.

Anagrams

beder, bered