brede

English

Noun

brede (plural bredes)

  1. (obsolete) Ornamental embroidery
    ...while now the bright-hair'd Sun / Sits in yon western Tent, whose cloudy Skirts, / With Brede ethereal wove
    Ode to Evening, William Collins, 1746
  2. (obsolete) A braid.
    Half lapped in glowing gauze and golden brede. — The Princess, Alfred Tennyson, 1847

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Dutch

Pronunciation
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Adjective

brede

  1. Inflected form of breed

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English breġdan.

Verb

brede

  1. Alternative form of breiden

Etymology 2

From a conflation of Old English brægd, Old English gebregd, and Old Norse bragð.

Noun

brede

  1. Alternative form of breid

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

brede

  1. definite singular of bred
  2. plural of bred

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

brede m (definite singular breden, indefinite plural bredar, definite plural bredane)

  1. Alternative form of bre

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English bread.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbre.de/

Noun

brede

  1. bread

Swedish

Adjective

brede

  1. absolute definite natural masculine form of bred.
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