hondbrede

• handbrede, hand brede, handbrode, handebrede, hande-brede, hande brede, handibreede, haunde-brede, hond-brede, hond brood, honde-brede

From hond +‎ brede (“breadth”); some forms are influenced by brood (“broad”). The supposed Old English *handbrǣd, *handbrǣdu mentioned by some sources is not likely to have existed.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːndˌbrɛːd(ə)/, /ˈhandˌbrɛːd(ə)/, /-brɔːd/

hondbrede

1. handbreadth

• ⇒ English: handbreadth
• Scots: handbreid

• “hō̆nd-brēde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.