breede

English

Noun

breede (plural breedes)

1. Archaic spelling of breed.

Verb

breede (third-person singular simple present breedes, present participle breeding, simple past and past participle breeded or bredde)

1. Archaic spelling of breed.

Anagrams

• beered, berede

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

breede

1. Alternative form of brede (“breadth”)

Etymology 2

Noun

breede

1. Alternative form of bred (“bread”)

Etymology 3

Verb

breede

1. Alternative form of breden (“to breed”)

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi (“bride”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾiːd/
• Homophone: breed

Noun

breede (plural brides)

1. bride

   Coordinate term: breedegroom

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 94:

     Wee aar lhaung vlealès an pikkès, to waaite apan a breede.

     With their long flails and picks, to wait upon the bride.

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 96:

     Drink a heall to a breede. "Shud with, a voorneen."

     Drink a health to the bride, "Here's to you, my dear."

   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 100:

     Thou ne'er eighthest buskès, whit palskès, breede-kaake.

     Thou never eatedst spiced bread, white palskes, (or) bride-cake.

Derived terms

• breede-kaake

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 28