Middle English Dictionary Entry
brēde n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | brēde n.(1) Also bræd(e, brade(n, breade. |
| Etymology | OE brǣd(e (corresp. to OHG brāto). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Roasted or grilled meat; also, a roast.
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)15/27 : Nim buccan hwurfban and bræde hit and..ete þa ylcan braden.
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)548/26 : Assura: bræd.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)143 : Swines brede [vr. brade] is swiðe swete swa is of wilde dore.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)30589 : Ich habbe þe here ibroht breden [Otho: bread] alre deorest.
- ?a1300 11 Pains(1) (Dgb 86)132 : Hem me drepeþ wiþ þe pich, sso þe brede wiþ þe spich.
- a1350 Ichot a burde in a (Hrl 2253)47 : Cradoc in court carf þe brede.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)5240 : To mete was greiþed boef and motoun, Bredes, briddes, and venysoun.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1405 : Burnes berande þe bredes upon brode skeles.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1222 : [They] begunne to pipe, Bothe in doucet and in rede, That ben at festes with the brede.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)175/215 : Spare nother mete nor drynke, and spare for no dyrthe of wyne nor of brede.
- c1500 King & H.(Ashm 61:Hazlitt)199 : The kyng of venyson hath non nede, ȝit myȝht me hape to haue a brede To glad me and my gest.