bred

See also: бред and бредь

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɹɛd/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛd
  • Homophone: bread

Verb

bred

  1. simple past and past participle of breed
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English bred, from Old English bred (“board, plank, tablet, table”). More at braid.

Noun

bred (plural breds)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of braid (“board, shelf, plank”)

Anagrams

Bislama

Etymology

From English bread.

Noun

bred

  1. bread

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse breiðr, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /breːˀð/, [ˈb̥ʁæˀð], [ˈb̥ʁæðˀ]

Adjective

bred (neuter bredt, plural and definite singular attributive brede, comparative bredere, superlative (predicative) bredest, superlative (attributive) bredeste)

  1. broad, wide
Synonyms
Antonyms
References

Etymology 2

From Old Danish bræd, from Proto-Germanic *brezdaz, cognate with Norwegian bredd, Swedish brädd, Old English breord. Related to *bruzdaz (“thorn”) (Danish brod) and possibly also *burdą (“board”) (Danish bord).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /breð(ˀ)/, [ˈb̥ʁæðˀ], [ˈb̥ʁæð]

Noun

bred c (singular definite bredden, plural indefinite bredder)

  1. shore
  2. bank
Declension
Declension of bred
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bred bredden bredder bredderne
genitive breds breddens bredders breddernes
References

Manx

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

bred (verbal noun breddal, past participle breddit)

  1. to hackle

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
bredvredmred
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English brēad, from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /brɛːd/

Noun

bred

  1. bread, pastry
  2. variety of bread
  3. food, nourishment
  4. livelihood, sustenance
Synonyms
Descendants
  • English: bread
    • Bislama: bred
    • Sranan Tongo: brede
    • Tok Pisin: bret
    • → Fiji Hindi: bareed
    • → Marshallese: būreej
    • → Yoruba: búrẹ́dì
  • Geordie English: breed
  • Scots: breid
  • Yola: breed
References

Verb

bred

  1. Alternative form of breden (“to breed”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse breiðr.

Adjective

bred (neuter singular bredt, definite singular and plural brede, comparative bredere, indefinite superlative bredest, definite superlative bredeste)

  1. wide, broad

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bred, from Proto-Germanic *bredą, derived from the e-grade *bʰredʰóm, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-dʰ-, extended form of *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”). Cognates include German Brett, Yiddish ברעט (bret).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bred/

Noun

bred n

  1. surface
  2. plank, board
  3. table, tablet

Declension
Declension of bred (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative bred bredu
accusative bred bredu
genitive bredes breda
dative brede bredum

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • fōtbred
  • handbred
  • rihtebred
  • tæppelbred
  • weaxbred

Descendants

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *braid.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbreːd/, [ˈbrɛːd]

Adjective

brēd

  1. broad, wide

Descendants
  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: briad
    Goesharde: briid
    Halligen: briad
    Mooring: briidj
    Sylt: breer
    Wiedingharde: briidj
  • Saterland Frisian: breed
  • West Frisian: brie

References
  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *braid.

Adjective

brēd

  1. broad, wide

Declension
Positive forms of brēd
Strong declension
gender masculine feminine neuter
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative brēd brēde, brēda brēd brēda brēd brēd, brēda
accusative brēdan, brēden brēda, brēde brēda brēda brēd brēd, brēda
genitive brēdes, brēdas brēdaro, brēdoro, brēdero brēdara, brēdaro brēdaro, brēdoro, brēdero brēdes, brēdas brēdaro, brēdoro, brēdero
dative brēdumu, brēdum, brēdun, brēdun, brēdon, brēden, brēdan brēdun, brēdon, brēdum brēdaro, brēdaru, brēdara brēdun, brēdon brēdumu, brēdum, brēdun, brēdun, brēdon, brēden, brēdan brēdun, brēdon, brēdum
Weak declension
gender masculine feminine neuter
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative brēdo, brēda brēdon, brēdun brēda, brēde brēdon, brēdun, brēdan brēda, brēde brēdon, brēdun
accusative brēdon, brēdan brēdon, brēdun brēdun, brēdon, brēdan brēdon, brēdun, brēdan brēda, brēde brēdon, brēdun
genitive brēden, brēdan brēdono, brēdeno brēdun, brēdan, brēden brēdono brēden, brēdan brēdono, brēdeno
dative brēdon, brēden, brēdan brēdon, brēdun brēdun, brēdan brēdon, brēdun brēdon, brēden, brēdan brēdon, brēdun


Descendants
  • Middle Low German: *brêd
    • German Low German:
      Altmärkisch: breet
      Low Prussian, Westphalian (Bentheimisch, Westmünsterländisch): breed
      Westphalian:
      Dortmundisch: braẹ̆t
      Sauerländisch: bräit, brait (Elpe, Felbecke, Finnentrop, Attendorn, Elspe), brǟt (Niedersfeld)
      East Westphalian: breit (Lippe)
      Eastphalian: breit (Wedemark)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish brēþer, from Old Norse breiðr, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eːd
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Adjective

bred (comparative bredare, superlative bredast)

  1. wide, broad (having great width)
  2. broad (having great extent)
    bred kunskap
    broad knowledge

Declension
Inflection of bred
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bred bredare bredast
Neuter singular brett bredare bredast
Plural breda bredare bredast
Masculine plural3 brede bredare bredast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 brede bredare bredaste
All breda bredare bredaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

See also

Verb

bred

  1. imperative of breda

References
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