Brǽdan

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

brǽdan

to broaden. Add: 1. trans. (l) to make broad :-- Hiǽ brǽdaþ (dilatant) þwænge heora, Mt. R. 23, 5. (2) to extend, enlarge :-- Ðæt is ðæt mon his mearce brǽde terminum suum dilatare est, Past. 367, 13. (3) to spread out, unfold, pitch a tent (cuncta erecta temptoria, Nar. 22, 25. Ðió mengu giwédo hiora brǽddan (strauerunt) on woeg, Mk. R. 11, 8. II. intrans. To spread, increase :-- Ða yfelan oferlíce swýðe brǽdað on worulde, Wlfst. 83, 14. Lícceteras árísað and brǽdað tó swýðe, 89, 18. v. á-, be-, fore-, under-brǽdan. brædan

Parole correlate: brǽding) :-- Wé þǽr úre geteld brǽddon ealle