breid

Borrowed from German breit, from Middle High German breit, from Old High German breit, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.

• IPA^(key): /praɪt/

breid (comparative breider, superlative breidest)

1. broad, wide

   De Schrank is zweu Meter breid.

   The closet is two meters wide.

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From a conflation of Old English brægd, Old English gebregd, and Old Norse bragð; influenced by breiden.

• breyd, breyde, brayd, brayde, braid, braide, breide, brede

• IPA^(key): /ˈbræi̯d(ə)/, /ˈbreːd(ə)/

breid (plural breides)

1. An action done passionately and impulsively:
   1. A hasty movement; especially without forewarning.
   2. An quickly-made and ill-thought action or decision.
   3. A passionate or heartfelt cry or protest.
2. An action of conflict; assailment or attack:
   1. A physical attack; a strike with a weapon.
   2. An injury or torture; something that wounds.
3. A scheme, gamble or swindle.
4. An instant; a small amount of time.
5. (rare) A beginning or initial phase.
6. (rare) A strange event or occurrence.

• English: braid
• Scots: braid

• “breid, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-10.

breid

1. Alternative form of bred (“bread”)

breid (neuter breidt, definite singular and plural breide, comparative breidare, indefinite superlative breidast, definite superlative breidaste)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of brei

From Middle English bred, from Old English bread, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

breid (uncountable)

1. bread