Old English · noun

bred

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /bred/
Syllables: bred (1 syllable)
Modern English: surface brade braid bred tablet board plank

Meaning

surface
plank, board
table, tablet

Declension

Declension of bred
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bred	bredu
Accusative	bred	bredu
Genitive	bredes	breda
Dative	brede	bredum

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).

Descendants

brade, braid, bred

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