abrood
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English abrod, equivalent to a- + brood.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -uːd
Adverb
abrood (comparative more abrood, superlative most abrood)
- (obsolete) Upon a brood; on a hatch. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the late 19th century.][1]
- 1821, George D'Oyly, Hendrik Slatius, Henry Wharton, The life of William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury:
- The word in the original (as St. Hierom tells us from the Hebrew traditions) implies, that the Spirit of God sat abrood upon the whole rude mass, as birds upon their eggs, […]
- (figurative) Mischief. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the late 19th century.][1]
Adjective
abrood (comparative more abrood, superlative most abrood)
- (obsolete) Upon a brood; hatching eggs. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the late 19th century.][1]
- (figurative) Mischief. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the late 19th century.][1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abrood”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.