brord

brord
m (-es/-as) prick, point; blade (e.g., of grass or corn); herbage

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  • Brad — Brad, n. [Cf. OE. brod, Dan. braad prick, sting, brodde ice spur, frost nail, Sw. brodd frost nail, Icel. broddr any pointed piece of iron or stell; akin to AS. brord point, spire of grass, and perh. to E. bristle. See {Bristle}, n.] A thin nail …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Broider — Broid er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Broidered}.] [OE. broiden, brouden, F. broder, confused with E. braid; F. broder is either the same word as border to border (see {Border}), or perh. of Celtic origin; cf. W. brathu to sting, stab, Ir. & Gael. brod… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Broidered — Broider Broid er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Broidered}.] [OE. broiden, brouden, F. broder, confused with E. braid; F. broder is either the same word as border to border (see {Border}), or perh. of Celtic origin; cf. W. brathu to sting, stab, Ir. &… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • embroider — verb (embroidered; embroidering) Etymology: alteration of Middle English embroderen, from Anglo French embrouder, from en + brosder, brouder to embroider, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English brord point, byrst bristle Date: 14th century… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Old Frankish — Spoken in formerly the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Northern France, Western Germany Era Evolved into Old Low Franconian by the 8th century Language family Indo European …   Wikipedia

  • brad — /brad/, n., v., bradded, bradding. n. 1. a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end. See illus. under nail. v.t. 2. to fasten with brads. [1425 75; late ME brad, dial. var. of ME brod(d)… …   Universalium

  • bryrdan — wv/t1b to urge on, incite, encourage [brord] …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • onbryrdan — onbryrdan1 wv/t1b to excite, inspire, incite, encourage, animate; stimulate, instigate; prick, goad, vex; onbryrd excited, fired, ardent; contrite [brord] …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • Bord — Bord1 Sn Wandbrett erw. ndd. (16. Jh.), as. bord m., mndd. bort, mndl. bord Stammwort. Niederdeutsches Wort, das g. * burda n. Brett entspricht, auch in gt. fotu baurd Fußbank , anord. borđ, ae. bord, afr. bord; auch ahd. bort, mhd. bort, die… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • brad — (n.) small wire nail, late 13c., brod, from O.N. broddr spike, point, arrow, from P.Gmc. *brozda (Cf. O.E. brord point, prick, blade of grass, O.H.G. brort point, edge, crown ), from PIE *bhrs dh , from root *bhars projectile, point, bristle (see …   Etymology dictionary

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