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brǽd

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
brǽd, e; f: brǽdo, brǽdu; indecl. f. [brád broad; latus]
BREADTH, width, latitude; latitudo, amplitudo
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  • Biþ se arc fíftig fæðma on brǽde

    the ark shall be fifty fathoms in breadth;

    quinquaginta cubitorum erit latitudo arcæ,
      Gen. 6, 15.

  • On brǽdo his stealles

    latitudine sui status,

      Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 29.

  • Ic on brǽdu [brǽde, Spl.] gange

    ambulabam in latitudine,

      Ps. Th. 118, 45.

  • Drihten me gehýrde on heáre [ = heáhre, MS. hearr] brǽdu

    exaudivit me in latitudine Dominus,

      117, 5.

  • Hí habbaþ ingang swá mycelre brǽdo swá mon mæg mid liðeran geworpan

    habet ingressum amplitudinis quasi jactus fundæ,

      Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 11.
Etymology
[Chauc. brede: Wyc. breede: O. Frs. brede, f: Dut. breedte, f: Ger. M. H. Ger. breite, f: O. H. Ger. breiti, f: Goth. braidei, f: Dan. brede, c: Swed. bredd, f: Icel. breidd, f. breadth.]
Derived forms
DER. hand-brǽd.
Linked entries
v.  brǽdo brǽdu hrycg-brǽdan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “brǽd.” 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/4927.

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