bregd

bregd
see brǽd 3

Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.

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  • brǽd- — see brægd , bregd …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • bridle — [OE] The Old English word was brīdel, which came from the same source (Germanic *bregd ) as braid. The basic meaning element of this was something like ‘pull or twitch jerkily from side to side’, so the application to bridle, which one pulls on… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • Braue — Sf std. (8. Jh.), mhd. brā(wen), ahd. brāwa, as. brāha, brāwa Stammwort. Aus g. * brǣgwō f. Braue, Wimper , auch in anord. brá Wimper , ae. brǣw, afr. brē n., mit Ablaut und ohne grammatischen Wechsel gt. in braƕa augins im Augenblick ,… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • bridle — [OE] The Old English word was brīdel, which came from the same source (Germanic *bregd ) as braid. The basic meaning element of this was something like ‘pull or twitch jerkily from side to side’, so the application to bridle, which one pulls on… …   Word origins

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