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brēde n.(1)

Forms	brēde n.(1) Alsobræd(e,brade(n,breade.
Etymology	OEbrǣd(e (corresp. toOHGbrāto).

Roasted or grilled meat; also, a roast.

?a1200(?OE)PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)15/27:Nim buccan hwurfban and bræde hit and..ete þa ylcan braden.
c1225(OE)Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)548/26:Assura: bræd.
a1225(?c1175)PMor.(Lamb 487)143:Swines brede [vr. brade] is swiðe swete swa is of wilde dore.
c1275(?a1200)Lay.Brut(Clg A.9)30589:Ich habbe þe here ibroht breden [Otho: bread] alre deorest.
?a130011 Pains(1)(Dgb 86)132:Hem me drepeþ wiþ þe pich, sso þe brede wiþ þe spich.
a1350Ichot a burde in a(Hrl 2253)47:Cradoc in court carf þe brede.
c1400(?a1300)KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5240:To mete was greiþed boef and motoun, Bredes, briddes, and venysoun.
c1400(?c1380)Cleanness(Nero A.10)1405:Burnes berande þe bredes upon brode skeles.
c1450(c1380)ChaucerHF(Benson-Robinson)1222:[They] begunne to pipe, Bothe in doucet and in rede, That ben at festes with the brede.
?a1475Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)175/215:Spare nother mete nor drynke, and spare for no dyrthe of wyne nor of brede.
c1500King & H.(Ashm 61:Hazlitt)199:The kyng of venyson hath non nede, ȝit myȝht me hape to haue a brede To glad me and my gest.