† abredev.

Forms: see a- prefix¹ and brede v.²

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle High German erbreiten to spread out (German †erbreiten to spread out, to make broad or wide, to open widely) < the Germanic base of or- prefix (compare a- prefix¹) + the Germanic base of brede v.²The Middle English examples could alternatively be interpreted as showing a variant of ibrede , the reflex of Old English gebrǣdan (see brede v.², and compare a- prefix²).

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To spread out; to extend. Also: to lay flat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > spread (something) out or open

abredeeOE

bredeOE

stretcha1000

to-spreada1000

openOE

spreadc1175

displayc1320

to let outc1380

to open outc1384

outspreada1400

spald?a1400

splayc1402

expand?a1475

to lay along1483

speld?a1500

skail1513

to set abroad1526

to lay abroad1530

flarec1550

bespread1557

to set out1573

dispread1590

explaina1600

expanse1600

dispack1605

splat1615

dispand1656

extend1676

flat1709

spelder1710

spreadeagle1829

eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iii. ix.182 Þa..ban ute awunedon, nemne mon geteld ofer abrædde.

eOE Junius Psalter xlvii. 3 Dilatans exultationis universae terrae mons sion in latera aquilonis : abrædende wynsumnesse ealre eorðan se munt sion on sidan norðdæles.

eOE Prose Dialogue of Solomon & Saturn II (2009) 76 Ðeah ðe seofon middangeardas sien ealle on efen abrædde on ðeoses anes onlicnisse.

c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 477 (MED) His ympe þriuende he sai, Fair iwoxe and fair isprad, But þe olde tre was al abrad.

2. transitive. To open wide (the mouth or eyes).

ΚΠ

eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) lxxx. 11 Dilata os tuum et ego adimplebo illud : abraed muð ðinne & ic gefyllu ðone.

c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 1044 (MED) Þe hule was wroþ, to cheste rad, mid þisse worde hire eȝen abrad [a1300 Jesus Oxf. a braid].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	abrede
释义	† abredev. Forms: see a- prefix¹ and brede v.² Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle High German erbreiten to spread out (German †erbreiten to spread out, to make broad or wide, to open widely) < the Germanic base of or- prefix (compare a- prefix¹) + the Germanic base of brede v.²The Middle English examples could alternatively be interpreted as showing a variant of ibrede , the reflex of Old English gebrǣdan (see brede v.², and compare a- prefix²). Obsolete. 1. transitive. To spread out; to extend. Also: to lay flat. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > spread (something) out or open abredeeOE bredeOE stretcha1000 to-spreada1000 openOE spreadc1175 displayc1320 to let outc1380 to open outc1384 outspreada1400 spald?a1400 splayc1402 expand?a1475 to lay along1483 speld?a1500 skail1513 to set abroad1526 to lay abroad1530 flarec1550 bespread1557 to set out1573 dispread1590 explaina1600 expanse1600 dispack1605 splat1615 dispand1656 extend1676 flat1709 spelder1710 spreadeagle1829 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iii. ix.182 Þa..ban ute awunedon, nemne mon geteld ofer abrædde. eOE Junius Psalter xlvii. 3 Dilatans exultationis universae terrae mons sion in latera aquilonis : abrædende wynsumnesse ealre eorðan se munt sion on sidan norðdæles. eOE Prose Dialogue of Solomon & Saturn II (2009) 76 Ðeah ðe seofon middangeardas sien ealle on efen abrædde on ðeoses anes onlicnisse. c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 477 (MED) His ympe þriuende he sai, Fair iwoxe and fair isprad, But þe olde tre was al abrad. 2. transitive. To open wide (the mouth or eyes). ΚΠ eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) lxxx. 11 Dilata os tuum et ego adimplebo illud : abraed muð ðinne & ic gefyllu ðone. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 1044 (MED) Þe hule was wroþ, to cheste rad, mid þisse worde hire eȝen abrad [a1300 Jesus Oxf. a braid]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < v.eOE
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