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BRÁD

  • adjective
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Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde; comp. m. brádra, f. n. brádre, brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §292; §382; §426; §443;
BROAD, open, large, spacious, copious; latus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus
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  • Ðæt eálond on Wiht is twelf míla brád

    the isle of Wight is twelve miles broad,

      Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 19: Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 4, 5, 6.

  • Wæs his ríce brád

    his kingdom was broad,

      Exon. 65 b; Th. 243, 10; Jul. 8: Elen. Kmbl. 1831; El. 917: Beo. Th. 6296; B. 3158.

  • Brád is bebod ðín

    latum est mandatum tuum,

      Ps. Lamb. 118, 96.

  • Se bráda sǽ

    the broad sea.

      Exon, 24 b; Th. 70, 28; Cri. 1145: Chr. 942; Erl. 116, 11; Edm. 5, Ps. Th. 79, 10.

  • Beówulfe bráde ríce on hand gehwearf

    the broad realm passed into the hand of Beowulf,

      Beo. Th. 4421; B. 2207.

  • Beorn monig seah on ðás beorhtan burg brádan ríces

    many a chief looked on this bright city of a broad realm,

      Exon. 124 b; Th, 478, 9; Ruin. 38.

  • Ofer Babilóne brádum streáme we sittaþ

    we sit over the broad stream of Babylon,

      Ps. Th. 136, 1.

  • On ðam brádan brime

    on the broad ocean,

      Exon. 55 a; Th. 194, 20; Az. 142.

  • Se hearda þegn lét brádne méce brecan ofer bordweal

    the fierce thane caused his broad sword to break over the shield,

      Beo. Th. 5948; B. 2978.

  • Ðú scealt ðínum breóstum tredan bráde eorþan

    thou shalt tread the broad earth on thy breast,

      Cd, 43; Th. 56, 5; Gen. 907: 83; Th. 105, 12; Gen. 1752: Ps. Th. 118, 32: Exon. 22 b; Th. 61, 29; Cri. 992.

  • He him brád syleþ lond

    he will give him broad land,

      Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 29; Vy. 75.

  • On brád wæter

    on the broad water,

      Ps. Th. 105, 8: Salm. Kmbl. 552; Sal. 275.

  • Ðá he healdan mihte brád swurd

    when he could hold his broad sword,

      Byrht. Th. 132, 12; By. 15: 136, 38; By. 163: Beo. Th. 3096; B. 1546.

  • Bráde synd on worulde gréne geardas

    in the world there are broad green regions,

      Cd. 25; Th. 32, 29; Gen. 510.

  • Of ðám brád blado sprýtan ongunnon

    thence broad leaves began to spring,

      48; Th. 61, 8 ; Gen. 994.

  • Engle and Seaxe ofer bráde brimu Brytene sóhton

    the Angles and Saxons sought Britain over the broad seas,

      Chr. 937; Erl. 115, 20, note; Æðelst. 71: Exon. 13 a; Th. 22, 25; Cri. 357.

  • Sceolde he ða brádan lígas sécan

    he must seek the broad flames,

      Cd. 36; Th, 47, 20; Gen. 763.

  • Hit mæg bión syxtig míla brád, oððe hwene brǽdre; and middeweard þrítig oððe brádre

    it may be sixty [of] miles broad, or a little broader; and midway thirty or broader,

      Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 1, 2.

  • Ðeáh hit ǽlce geáre sý brádre and brádre

    though it is broader and broader every year,

      2, 6; Bos. 50, 22.

  • Ic eom brǽdre ðonne ðes wong gréna

    I am broader than this green plain,

      Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 3; Rä. 41, 50: 111 b; Th, 426, 32; Rä. 41, 82.

  • Ðæt býne land is easteweard brádost the inhabited land is broadest eastward, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20. 45, Sume hyne slógon on his ansýne mid hyra brádum handum

    some smote him on his face with their open hands,

      Mt. Bos. 26, 67.

  • Brád

    amplus,

      Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 35.

  • Seó sunne is swá brád swá eall eorþan ymbhwyrft, ac heó þincþ [MS. þingþ] us swýðe unbrád, forðamðe heó is swíðe feorr fram úrum gesihþum

    the sun is as large as the whole compass of the earth, but he [lit. she] appears to us very small [lit. un-broad], because he is very far from our sight,

      Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 3, 8-11; Lchdm. iii. 236, 6-9.

  • Ða steorran, ðe us lyttle þinceaþ [MS. þingeaþ], synd swýðe bráde

    the stars, which seem little to us, are very large,

      3, 16; Lchdm. iii. 236, 14.

  • Se deófol brohte him bráde stánas

    the devil brought large stones to him,

      Cd. 228; Th. 306, 31; Sat. 672.

  • Byþ se niwa móna brádra [MS. braddra] gesewen

    the new moon appears [lit. is seen] larger,

      Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 14, 14; Lchdm. iii. 264, 26.

  • Ðǽr is bráde lond in heofonríce

    there is a spacious land in heaven's kingdom,

      Cd. 218; Th. 278, 2; Sat. 215.

  • Hí bebúgaþ brádne hwyrft

    they shall inhabit the spacious orb,

      190; Th. 236, 16; Dan. 322: Exon. 53 b; Th. 187, 29; Az. 38.

  • Ðú gearwodest befóran me brádne beód

    thou preparedst a copious table before me,

      Ps. Th. 22, 6.

  • Ge onsceáwiaþ beágas and brád gold

    ye will behold bracelets and ample gold,

      Beo. Th. 6201; B. 3105.

  • Ic his cynn gedó brád and bresne

    I will make his race large and powerful,

      Cd. 134; Th. 169, 17; Gen. 2801.

  • Brád earmbeáh

    a broad or large arm-bracelet;

    dextrocherium,
      Ælfc. Gl. 114; Som. 80, 30; Wrt. Voc. 61, 10.
Etymology
[Chauc. Wyc. brod, brood: R. Glouc. brod: Laym. braed, brad, brod: Orm. brad: Scot. braid, brade: Plat. breed: O. Sax. bréd: Frs. bred: O. Frs. bred, breid: Dut. breed: Ger. M. H. Ger. breit: O. H. Ger. breit: Goth. braids: Dan. Swed. bred: Icel. breiðr: Lat. latus for platus: Grk. πλατύs: Lith. platus: Zend frath-anh breadth: Sansk. prithu broad, wide; prith to extend.]
Derived forms
DER. un-brád, wíd-.
Linked entries
v.  brǽd bréd bréden.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BRÁD.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4904.

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