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bredan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
bredan, ic brede, ðú britst, brist, he brit, bret, pl. bredaþ; p. bræd, pl. brudon; pp. broden, breden.
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §146; §163; §320;
to weave,
BRAID, knit, join together, draw, pluck; plectere, nectere, vibrare, gladium stringere
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  • Ic brede nett

    plecto,

      Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 8.

  • Ic brede me max

    plecto mihi retia,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 13.

  • Beadohrægl broden on breóstum læg

    the armour [lit. war-garment] joined together lay on my breast,

      Beo. Th. 1108; B. 552: 3100; B. 1548.

  • Byrhtnóþ bræd bill of scéðe

    Byrhtnoth drew his battle-axe from its sheath,

      Byrht. Th. 136, 36; By. 162.

  • Híg brudon up heora ancran

    they drew up their anchors,

      Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 23.

  • Sweord ǽr gemealt, forbarn broden mǽl, wæs ðæt blód to ðæs hát

    the sword had already melted, the drawn brand was burnt, so hot was the blood,

      Beo. Th. 3236; B. 1616.

  • Se bræd of ðæm beorne blódigne gár

    he plucked the bloody dart from the chief,

      Byrht. Th. 136, 20; By. 154.
to change, vary, transform; vertere, variare, transformare
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  • Simon bræd his hiw ætfóran ðam cásere, swá ðæt he wearþ fǽrlíce geþuht cnapa, and eft hárwenge

    Simon changed his appearance before the emperor, so that he suddenly seemed a boy, and again a hoary man,

      Homl. Th. i. 376, 11.

  • Hǽðen cild biþ gefullod, ac hit ne bret ná his hiw wiðútan, ðeáh ðe hit beo wiðinnan awend

    a heathen child is baptized, but it varies not its aspect without, although it be changed within,

      Homl. Th. ii. 268, 30.
Derived forms
DER. a-bredan, æt-, for-, ge-, ofer-, on-, óþ-, to-, upa-, úta-, wið-.
Similar entries
v. bregdan.
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v.  a-bredan bret brit.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “bredan.” 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/5008.

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