breid

Borrowed from German breit, from Middle High German breit, from Old High German breit, from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpraɪ̯t/
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯t
• Syllabification: breid

breid (comparative breider, superlative breidest)

1. broad, wide

   De Schrank is zweu Meter breid.

   The closet is two meters wide.

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From a conflation of Old English brægd, Old English gebregd, and Old Norse bragð; influenced by breiden.

• breyd, breyde, brayd, brayde, braid, braide, breide, brede

• IPA^(key): /ˈbræi̯d(ə)/, /ˈbreːd(ə)/

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.

• English: braid
• Scots: braid

• “breid, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 October 2018.

breid

1. alternative form of bred (“bread”)

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

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of brei

From Middle English bred, from Old English bread, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

• IPA^(key): /brid/

breid (uncountable)

1. bread

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