breden

From Old English brǣdan, from Proto-West Germanic *brādan, from Proto-Germanic *brēdaną; equivalent to brede (“roast”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• brede

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛːdən/, /ˈbreːdən/

breden

1. To grill; to roast.
2. To torture with fire.

• Scots: brede

• “brēden, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old English brǣdan, from Proto-West Germanic *braidijan, from Proto-Germanic *braidijaną; equivalent to brod (“broad”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• brede

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛːdən/

breden

1. To spread; to stretch out.
2. To cover by spreading.
3. To spread around; to disseminate or scatter.

• Scots: brede

• “brēden, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old English brēdan, from Proto-West Germanic *brōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną; equivalent to brod (“brood”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• bred, brede, bredyn, breede

• IPA^(key): /ˈbreːdən/

breden

1. To create; to engender or produce:
   1. To breed; to mate (of birds)
   2. To carry offspring (in the womb or egg)
   3. To bear; to give birth.
   4. To raise; to cause to grow.
   5. (rare) To breed (selectively mate)
2. To come into being; to arise or grow.
3. To exist (somewhere); to live or dwell.
4. (rare) To be carried in the womb.

• bredynge

• English: breed
• Scots: breed

• “brẹ̄den, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

breden

1. Alternative form of breiden

breden m

1. definite singular of brede