breiden

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛi̯də(n)/

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• Hyphenation: brei‧den
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən

breiden

1. inflection of breien:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

breiden

1. dated form of breien

• breiend

From Old Dutch *bregdan, from Proto-West Germanic *bregdan.

breiden

1. to weave, to braid

• Dutch: breien

From Old Dutch breiden.

breiden

1. to broaden
2. to expand, to extend
3. to enlarge, to increase

• brêden

• ontbreiden
• verbreiden

• “breiden (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “breiden (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “breden”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page breden

• brede, breden, breyde, brayde, brayden, braiden, bræiden

From Old English breġdan, brēdan, from Proto-West Germanic *bregdan, from Proto-Germanic *bregdaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbræi̯dən/, /ˈbreːdən/

breiden

1. To drag; to pull away and take with oneself:
   1. To forcibly take; to confiscate or steal.
   2. To remove by dragging; to pull off or away.
2. To perform weaving or knitting:
   1. To braid; to intertwine fibres or threads.
   2. (mainly in the past participle) To decorate or beautify.
   3. (rare) To entwine; to become involved.
3. To move with alacrity; to run or leap:
   1. To startle or be startled; to be alarmed.
   2. (rare) To suddenly move; to leap to action.
4. To alter or modify; to be altered or modified.
5. To rotate or turn; to entwine or ravel.
6. To unsheath or show one's weapons.
7. (rare) To fight against; to damage.
8. (rare) To protest; to act against.
9. (rare) To come to one's mind.
10. (rare) To make an assumption.

• English: braid
• Scots: braid, brade, bray, breed

• “breiden, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-9.

From Proto-West Germanic *braidijan.

breiden

1. to widen, to broaden

• brēden

• Middle Dutch: breiden
  • Dutch: breien

• “brēden”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012