Middle English Dictionary Entry
brēden v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | brēden v.(1) Also bræden. Forms: sg. 3 bret; p. bredde, brad(de; ppl. bred, brad. |
| Etymology | OE brǣdan, brēdan; brǣdde. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To cook (meat) by roasting or frying; fry (eggs), grill (cheese).
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)12/20 : Seod oþþe bræd on pannum on gode ele, smere þe fex & þe heafod.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)35/2 : He hine forhabban..wyð ȝebræd flæsc and wið ælces orffes flæsc.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)47/21 : Nim þann an hrere bræd æȝ.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)53 : He bindeð uppon þa [mousetrap] swike chese, and bret hine for þon þet he sclode [read: scolde] swote smelle.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)20978 : Þat orf..heo sloȝen..and suden and bradden [Otho: bradde].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25986 : He droh ut his gleden; his flæsce he gon breden.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)615 : 'Habbe ye ouht here þat mon may of ete?' Hi hym bivore brouhten of one visse ibred.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1013 : Bred kalues fleis.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3147 : And eten it [a lamb] bred, and non bon breken.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13373 : Þe folk..was fedd O bred and flexs, bath soþen and bredd.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)891 : Fele kyn fischez, Summe baken in bred, summe brad on þe gledez.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)2850 : Al to peses we carff þe hede, And on þe coles we gan it brede.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)1078 : A myld wyf, for meschef of foode, Hir owen barn..Ȝo brad on þe gledis.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)1090 : Myn owen barn haue j brad & þe bones gnawen.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)25 : Sethe þy tenchis, and after hom brede, And rost hom on a gredel, I rede.
2.
To burn (sb.) alive; torture by burning; torment.
Associated quotations
- c1275 Þene latemeste dai (Clg A.9)100 : Þer is..fur-berninge glede, And so me wule sathanas ful ateliche brede.
- a1300 Hwi ne serue (Jes-O 29)44 : Hw seynte laurence wes ibrouht bunde for to brede.
- a1350 A wayle whyt (Hrl 2253)11 : Þe care þat icham yn ybrad y wyte a wyf.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)7295 : Man & hous þai brent & bredden & her godes oway ledden.
- a1350 SLeg.Juliana (Ashm 43)170 : Ȝif no fur ne mai hire brenne, in led we scholle hire brede.