A variant ofbraid.[1]
brede (pluralbredes)(obsolete)
- Ornamentalembroidery.
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, / WithBrede ethereal wove
1819,John Keats, “Lamia”, inLamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] forTaylor and Hessey, […], published1820,→OCLC, part I,page12: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 goldenbrede;[…]
1847,Alfred Tennyson, “Part VI”, inThe Princess: A Medley, London:Edward Moxon, […],→OCLC,page127: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 goldenbrede, / Lay like a new-fall’n meteor on the grass,[…]
- Abraid.
FromOld Norsebreiða, fromProto-Germanic*braidijaną(“to broaden”).
brede (past tensebredte,past participle)
- (transitive) tospread
- (reflexive, intransitive) tospread
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
brede
- definitesingular ofbred
- plural ofbred
brede
- inflection ofbreed:
- masculine/femininesingularattributive
- definiteneutersingularattributive
- pluralattributive
FromOld Englishbrǣde,brǣd, fromProto-West Germanic*brādō, fromProto-Germanic*brēdô(“meat, roast”).Doublet ofbrawne.
brede (pluralbredes)
- (collectively)(Pieces of)roastedmeat.
- (specifically) A piece ofroastedmeat.
- Synonym:hastelet
- (hunting) One ofthirty-twochoiceparts of aboar for roasting.
- Synonym:hastelet
- “brēde,n.(1).”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.
- David Scott-Macnab (2010) “The Medieval Boar and its Haslets”, inNeuphilologische Mitteilungen[1], volume111, number 3, Modern Language Society, pages355-366
From the oblique cases ofOld Englishbred, fromProto-West Germanic*bred, fromProto-Germanic*bredą.
- IPA(key): /ˈbrɛːd(ə)/,/ˈbrɛd(ə)/
brede (pluralbredes)
- board,slab
- tablet(small board with writing)
FromOld Englishbrǣdu,brǣd, fromProto-West Germanic*braidī, fromProto-Germanic*braidį̄.
brede (uncountable)
- breadth(measure of howwide something is):
- A piece offabric ofstandard width.
- (geometry) A circle'sdiameter.
- extent(space to which somethingextends):
- The totalextent of asurface orobject.
- (figurative) Theextent ortotality of one's feelings.
brede
- Alternative form ofbred(“bread”)
brede
- Alternative form ofbreid
brede
- Alternative form ofbrerd
brede
- Alternative form ofbreden(“to grill”)
brede
- Alternative form ofbreden(“to spread”)
brede
- Alternative form ofbreden(“to breed”)
brede
- Alternative form ofbreiden
brede
- definitesingular ofbred
- plural ofbred
brede m (definite singularbreden,indefinite pluralbredar,definite pluralbredane)
- Alternative form ofbre
brede
- dativesingular ofbred
FromEnglishbread.
brede
- bread
- Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “brede”, inLanguages of Suriname, 5th edition,SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary
brede
- definitenatural masculinesingular ofbred