breden

== Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English brǣdan, from Proto-West Germanic *brādan, from Proto-Germanic *brēdaną; equivalent to brede (“roast”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== brede ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbrɛ̝ːdən/, /ˈbreːdən/ ==== Verb ==== breden To grill; to roast. To torture with fire. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== Scots: brede ===== References ===== “brēden, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === From Old English brǣdan, from Proto-West Germanic *braidijan, from Proto-Germanic *braidijaną; equivalent to brod (“broad”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== brede ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbrɛ̝ːdən/ ==== Verb ==== breden To spread; to stretch out. To cover by spreading. To spread around; to disseminate or scatter. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== Scots: brede ===== References ===== “brēden, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === From Old English brēdan, from Proto-West Germanic *brōdijan, from Proto-Germanic *brōdijaną; equivalent to brod (“brood”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== bred, brede, bredyn, breede ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbreːdən/ ==== Verb ==== breden To create; to engender or produce: To breed; to mate (of birds) To carry offspring (in the womb or egg) To bear; to give birth. To raise; to cause to grow. (rare) To breed (selectively mate) To come into being; to arise or grow. To exist (somewhere); to live or dwell. (rare) To be carried in the womb. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== bredynge ===== Descendants ===== English: breed Scots: breed ===== References ===== “brẹ̄den, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== breden alternative form of breiden == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === breden m definite singular of brede