abroodadv.

Brit.

/əˈbruːd/, U.S.

/əˈbrud/

Forms: Middle English abrode, Middle English–1500s abroode, late Middle English obroode, late Middle English– abrood.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.¹, brood n.

Etymology: < a prep.¹ + brood n. (compare a- prefix³). With the Middle English form obroode compare on- prefix.

Now rare.

Of a hen or other bird: on its brood or eggs; hatching eggs; breeding young. Also figurative: hatching or brooding upon mischief, evil, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adverb] > hatching eggs

abroodc1275

c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 518 (MED) So sone so þu sittest abrode, Þu forlost al þine wise.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 141 Briddes..sittiþ bysiliche a broode vppon hire eiren.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ii. 436 (MED) Now forto hacche are hennys sette abrood [v.r. obroode].

1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 153/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II That Romish cockatrice, which a long time had set abrood vpon hir egs, had now hatched hir chickins.

1615 J. Swetnam Araignm. Lewde, Idle, Froward, & Vnconstant Women 56 The husband will set hennes abrood, season the pott, and dresse the meate.

1656 J. Trapp Comm. New Test. (ed. 2) (Matt. v. 8) 58 The natural heart is Satans' Throne..he sits abrood upon it.

a1693 W. Sancroft Occas. Serm. (1694) 135 The Spirit of God sate abrood upon the whole rude Mass, as Birds upon their Eggs.

1708 A. Boyer Royal Dict. Abridged (ed. 2) ii To sit abrood upon Eggs, (as Birds do), Couver des Oeufs.

1796 S. Gunning Delves (ed. 2) I. xxiv. 224 The last of thirteen eggs, over which the speckled hen had that unlucky morning been set abrood.

1868 C. Lofft Ernest (ed. 2) iii. 53 Helpless as the owl Sitting abrood upon its addle-egg In sunshine.

1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 153 Polly ought tü bring out 'er chicken tü-day; her'th a zot a-brood vur dree weeks.

1909 J. Payne Flower o' Thorn 10 So, on my secret hopes abrood, I cannot walk the world, beside My fellows, in the morning-tide.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abrood
释义	abroodadv. Brit. /əˈbruːd/, U.S. /əˈbrud/ Forms: Middle English abrode, Middle English–1500s abroode, late Middle English obroode, late Middle English– abrood. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: a prep.¹, brood n. Etymology: < a prep.¹ + brood n. (compare a- prefix³). With the Middle English form obroode compare on- prefix. Now rare. Of a hen or other bird: on its brood or eggs; hatching eggs; breeding young. Also figurative: hatching or brooding upon mischief, evil, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [adverb] > hatching eggs abroodc1275 c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 518 (MED) So sone so þu sittest abrode, Þu forlost al þine wise. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 141 Briddes..sittiþ bysiliche a broode vppon hire eiren. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) ii. 436 (MED) Now forto hacche are hennys sette abrood [v.r. obroode]. 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 153/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II That Romish cockatrice, which a long time had set abrood vpon hir egs, had now hatched hir chickins. 1615 J. Swetnam Araignm. Lewde, Idle, Froward, & Vnconstant Women 56 The husband will set hennes abrood, season the pott, and dresse the meate. 1656 J. Trapp Comm. New Test. (ed. 2) (Matt. v. 8) 58 The natural heart is Satans' Throne..he sits abrood upon it. a1693 W. Sancroft Occas. Serm. (1694) 135 The Spirit of God sate abrood upon the whole rude Mass, as Birds upon their Eggs. 1708 A. Boyer Royal Dict. Abridged (ed. 2) ii To sit abrood upon Eggs, (as Birds do), Couver des Oeufs. 1796 S. Gunning Delves (ed. 2) I. xxiv. 224 The last of thirteen eggs, over which the speckled hen had that unlucky morning been set abrood. 1868 C. Lofft Ernest (ed. 2) iii. 53 Helpless as the owl Sitting abrood upon its addle-egg In sunshine. 1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 153 Polly ought tü bring out 'er chicken tü-day; her'th a zot a-brood vur dree weeks. 1909 J. Payne Flower o' Thorn 10 So, on my secret hopes abrood, I cannot walk the world, beside My fellows, in the morning-tide. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1275
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