Ge-brǽdan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-brǽdan

Add: I. to spread out :-- Genim þá leáf, gebrǽd on gærse, Lch. ii. 124, 20. II. to extend, enlarge :-- Hé gebrǽdde his ríce oþ India gemǽro ad Indium extendit imperium, Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 218, 25. Hié ne mót heore mearce gebrǽdan ofer þá eorþan. Bt. 21; F. 74, 28. Mid ðǽm bióð synna swíðe gebrǽdda, Past. 30, 14. [O. H. Ger. ge-breiten dilatare.] ge-brædan