breid

== Hunsrik == === Etymology === Borrowed from German breit, from Middle High German breit, from Old High German breit, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpraɪ̯t/ Rhymes: -aɪ̯t Syllabification: breid === Adjective === breid (comparative breider, superlative breidest) broad, wide ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “breid”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From a conflation of Old English brægd, Old English gebregd, and Old Norse bragð; influenced by breiden. ==== Alternative forms ==== breyd, breyde, brayd, brayde, braid, braide, breide, brede ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbræi̯d(ə)/, /ˈbreːd(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== breid (plural breides) An action done passionately and impulsively: A hasty movement; especially without forewarning. An quickly-made and ill-thought action or decision. A passionate or heartfelt cry or protest. An action of conflict; assailment or attack: A physical attack; a strike with a weapon. An injury or torture; something that wounds. A scheme, gamble or swindle. An instant; a small amount of time. (rare) A beginning or initial phase. (rare) A strange event or occurrence. ===== Descendants ===== English: braid Scots: braid ===== References ===== “breid, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 October 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== breid alternative form of bred (“bread”) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === breid (neuter breidt, definite singular and plural breide, comparative breidare, indefinite superlative breidast, definite superlative breidaste) (pre-1917) alternative form of brei == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English bred, from Old English bread, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brid/ === Noun === breid (uncountable) bread === References === “breid, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.