bredd

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

bredd

1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of bred (“bread”)

Etymology 2

Noun

bredd

1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of brid

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Compare with Danish bred, similar to Swedish brädd

Noun

bredd f or m (definite singular bredda or bredden, indefinite plural bredder, definite plural breddene)

1. bank (of a river)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• bredt

Verb

bredd

1. past participle of bre

References

• “bredd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• breidd

Etymology

Compare with Danish bred, similar to Swedish brädd

Noun

bredd f (definite singular bredda, indefinite plural bredder, definite plural breddene)

1. bank (of a river)

References

• “bredd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bred, from Old Norse breidd, from Proto-Germanic *braidiþō, equivalent to bred +‎ -d.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bredd c

1. width, breadth

Declension

Declension of bredd

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bredd	bredds
	definite	bredden	breddens
plural	indefinite	bredder	bredders
	definite	bredderna	breddernas

Related terms

• bredda

Participle

bredd

1. past participle of breda

References

• “bredd”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• bred in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)