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bred, n.

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bred

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Middle English Dictionary Entry

brēd n.(2)

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Entry Info

Forms	brēd n.(2) Alsobræd,brid.
Etymology	OEbred, pl.bredu; theCursor may have shorte.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

(a) A board or plank; also, a log [quot.: 1250]; (b) a small board; a wooden book-cover; (c) a tablet (whether of wood or stone) for an inscription; alsofig.; (d) in place names [see SmithPNElem. 1.118].

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c1275(?c1250)Owl & N.(Clg A.9)965:Sholde ich, for one hole brede, Forlete mine riȝte stude?
c1400(?c1380)Patience(Nero A.10)184:Jonas..watz flowen..In-to þe boþem of þe bot, & on a brede lyggede.
c1400(?c1390)Gawain(Nero A.10)2071:The brygge watz brayde doun..Þe burne blessed hym bilyue, & þe bredez passed.

(?a1390)Daniel *Herbal(Add 27329)f. 71rb:Qwan thei potte or floure, we sette bowes to bere hem fro þe ground, or ellis if we lete hem renne on þe ground we take stones brode & pleyn or bredes or sich thing & sette þe pottes softe & clene þeron.
c1390Disp.Virg.& Cross(Vrn)196:His Bodi was Book, þe Cros was brede, Whon Crist for vs þeron was cleynt.
a1475In place(Hrl 3954)4:Quan a chyld to scole xal set be, A bok hym is browt, Naylyd on a brede of tre, Þat men callyt an abece.
(1440)PParv.(Hrl 221)48:Brede or lytylle borde: Mensula, tabella, asserulus.
c1450Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)prol.86:In his hand he held a book ful eelde, With bredys rotyn, leues dusty and rent.

c1175(?OE)Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)98/12:Þa ealde laȝe þe he mid his aȝene fingre wrat on twam stænene bræden.
(a1382)WBible(1)(Dc 369(1))Jer.17.1:The synne of Jude writen is with an irene pointel..grauen out vp on the brede [WB(2): breede] of ther herte.
a1400(a1325)Cursor(Vsp A.3)16578:Apon þe hefd o þis rode, ouer-thwart was don a brede [rime: redd; Göt: brid].

Supplemental Materials (draft)

a1500Trin-C.R.14.45 Recipes(Trin-C R.14.45)132/16:Forto make white Spaynessshe sope..Whanne hit is wel medled put hit inne a forme made for þe nonys of .iiij. bredis and drye hit up.

Note:Postdates sense (a).

Note:This quot. has been taken back to books.

a1479*Vegetius(1)(Lnsd 285)113a :brede [Dc: Frame not þi schip ne ioyne not þi tymber togidre til þou be siker þat þi tymber & þi bord be drye inow.]

Note:New sense.

Note:Gloss:coll. lumber, wood.

Note:The Douce quot. has been taken back to books, the stencil and Lnsd form have not.--notes per MLL