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bred

  • noun [ neuter ]
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bred, es; pl. nom. acc. bredu; n.
A surface, plank, board, table, tablet; superficies, tabula, tabella
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  • Ðisse eorþan ymbhwyrft is, wið ðone heofon to mettanne, swilce án lytel pricu on brádan brede

    the circumference of this earth is, compared with the heaven, like a little point on a large surface,

      Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 4.

  • Breda þiling

    vel flor on to þerscenne a joining of planks or a floor to thrash on;

    area,
      Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 73; Wrt. Voc. 37, 59.

  • Hí bǽron anlícnysse Drihtnes on brede afægde and awritene

    they bore the likeness of the Lord figured and drawn on a board;

    ferebant imaginem Domini in tabula depictam,
      Bd. 1. 25; S. 487, 3.

  • Lytle hus of bredan [ = bredum] small houses with tables, eating-houses, taverns; tabernæ

    vel

    gurgustia,
      Ælfc. Gl. 55; Som. 67, 12; Wrt. Voc. 37, 7.

  • Ic bær ða stǽnenan bredu, on ðám wæs ðæt wedd, ðe Drihten wiþ eów gecwæþ

    acciperem tabulas lapideas, tabulas pacti, quod pepigit vobiscum Dominus,

      Deut. 9, 9.
Etymology
[Dut. berd, n: O. Dut, bred, n: Ger. bref, brett, n: M. H. Ger. brët, n: O. H. Ger. bret, n.]
Derived forms
DER. wex-bred.
Linked entries
v.  brega.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “bred.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/5005.

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