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Old English · noun

brerd

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/brerd/
[brerˠd]
Syllables
brerd (1 syllable)
Modern English
brimbrairdbrewardbruartmarginrimhighest

Meaning

  1. brim, margin, rim

  2. top of a pot or vessel

  3. highest point of anything

Declension

Declension of brerd
SingularPlural
Nominative brerdbrerdas
Accusative brerdbrerdas
Genitive brerdesbrerda
Dative brerdebrerdum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *breʀd, from Proto-Germanic *brezdaz (“edge, shore”).

Descendants

braird, breward, bruart

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