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▪ I. † abrad Obs. rare—1. Perhaps = OE. abrǽdde, pa. tense of abrǽdan (Germ. erbreiten) to make broad or wide, open widely.
1300Owl & Nightingale 1042 The hule..Mid thisse worde hire eȝen a-brad. ▪ II. † abrad, ppl. a. Obs. rare—1. [A doubtful form of uncertain origin and meaning.]
c1320Seuyn Sages (W.) 610 Fair i-woxe and fair i-sprad, But the old tre was abrad. |