Bródig

According to the Old English Dictionary:

bródig

Substitute: Inclined to sit (of a hen) :-- Oft seó bródige henn, þeáh heó sárlíce cloccige, heó tósprǽt hyre fyðera and þá briddas gewyrmð, Angl. viii. 309, 25. [N. E. D., D. D. broody.] v. bród, II. brodig