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BREÁD

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
BREÁD, breód, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§135;
A bit, fragment, morsel, BREAD; buccella, panis
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  • Æfter ðæt breád

    post buccellam,

      Jn. Lind. War. 13, 27, 30.
  • Hí ge-éton ðæt breád

    manducaverunt panem,

      6, 23.
Etymology
[Chauc. brede: Wyc. breed, brede: Piers P. breed: R. Brun. R. Glouc. brede: Laym. bred: Orm. bræd: Plat. brood, n: O. Sax. bród, n: Frs. braed, n: O. Frs. brad, n: Dut. O. Dut. brood, n: Ger. brot, n: M. H. Ger. brót, n: O. H. Ger. brót, n: Dan. Swed. bröd, n: Icel. brauð, n. Breád is first used in a compound word in Anglo-Saxon, v. beó-breád. It was first used as a separate word in the Lindisfarne Gospels, about A. D. 946-968, and breód in the Rushworth, John 13, 27, A. D. 901-1000. Breád and breód there signify a morsel. In John 6, 23, Lindisfarne and Rushworth, it signifies bread, panis.]
Derived forms
DER. beó-breád.
Linked entries
v.  breód.
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  • BREÁD, n.