brerd

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === breerd, brerde breord, brurd (West Midland) berde, brede (dissimilatory) === Etymology === From Old English brerd, from Proto-West Germanic *breʀd, from Proto-Germanic *brezdaz (“edge, shore”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /breːrd/, /brɛːrd/ IPA(key): /brøːrd/ (West Midland) === Noun === brerd (plural brerdes) brim, rim (top edge) edge, periphery, side ==== Related terms ==== bretful ==== Descendants ==== >? English: breward, bruart (dialectal) Middle Scots: brerd, breird Scots: breird, braird → English: braird ==== References ==== == Old English == === Alternative forms === breord, breard briord — Anglian === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *breʀd, from Proto-Germanic *brezdaz (“edge, shore”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brerd/, [brerˠd] === Noun === brerd m brim, margin, rim Synonym: brim top of a pot or vessel highest point of anything ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: brerd, breerd, brerde, breord, brurd (West Midland), berde, brede (dissimilatory)>? English: breward, bruart (dialectal)Middle Scots: brerd, breirdScots: breird, braird→ English: braird === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “brerd”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.