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brǽdan

  • verb
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Wright's OE grammar
§134; §530; §643;
to broaden.
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trans.
to make broad
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  • Hiǽ brǽdaþ

    (dilatant)

    þwænge heora,

    • Mt. R. 23, 5
    • .
to extend, enlarge
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  • Ðæt is ðæt mon his mearce brǽde

    terminum suum dilatare est,

    • Past. 367, 13.
to spread out, unfold, pitch a tent
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(v. brǽding)
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  • Wé þǽr úre geteld brǽddon ealle

    cuncta erecta temptoria,

    • Nar. 22, 25
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  • Ðió mengu giwédo hiora brǽddan

    (strauerunt)

    on woeg,

    • Mk. R. 11, 8
    • .
intrans.
To spread, increase
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  • Ða yfelan oferlíce swýðe brǽdað on worulde,

    • Wlfst. 83, 14
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  • Lícceteras árísað and brǽdað tó swýðe,

    • 89, 18
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v. á-, be-, fore-, under-brǽdan.
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v.  brǽding.
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