bredan

== Old English == === Etymology 1 === See main entry. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbre.dɑn/ Rhymes: -e.dɑn ==== Verb ==== bredan alternative form of breġdan === Etymology 2 === Cognate to Old High German bruoten. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbreː.dɑn/ Rhymes: -eː.dɑn ==== Verb ==== brēdan to bear offspring ===== Related terms ===== brōd (noun) ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: brede English: breed === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “breed”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.