breid

See also: bréid

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)

1. broad, wide

   De Schrank is zweu Meter breid.

   The closet is two meters wide.

Declension

Declension of breid (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
weak inflection	nominative	breid	breid	breid	breide
	accusative	breide	breid	breid	breide
	dative	breide	breide	breide	breide
strong inflection	nominative	breider	breide	breides	breide
	accusative	breide	breide	breides	breide
	dative	breidem	breider	breidem	breide

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)

1. An action done passionately and impulsively:
   1. A hasty movement; especially without forewarning.
   2. An quickly-made and ill-thought action or decision.
   3. A passionate or heartfelt cry or protest.
2. An action of conflict; assailment or attack:
   1. A physical attack; a strike with a weapon.
   2. An injury or torture; something that wounds.
3. A scheme, gamble or swindle.
4. An instant; a small amount of time.
5. (rare) A beginning or initial phase.
6. (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

1. alternative form of bred (“bread”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

breid (neuter breidt, definite singular and plural breide, comparative breidare, indefinite superlative breidast, definite superlative breidaste)

1. (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)

1. bread

References

• “breid, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.