Abraid
adv, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To wrench (something) out. obsolete, transitive
- 2 To unsheathe a blade, draw a weapon. obsolete, transitive
- 3 To wake up. intransitive, obsolete
"She ferde as she had stert out of a sleep, / Til she out of hire mazednesse abreyde."
- 4 To spring, start, make a sudden movement. archaic, intransitive
- 5 To shout out. intransitive, obsolete, transitive
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- 6 To rise in the stomach with nausea. obsolete, transitive
- 1 Alternative form of abread. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Example
More examples"She ferde as she had stert out of a sleep, / Til she out of hire mazednesse abreyde."
Etymology
From Middle English abraiden, abreiden (“to start up, awake, move, reproach”), from Old English ābreġdan (“to move quickly, vibrate, draw, draw from, remove, unsheath, wrench, pull out, withdraw, take away, draw back, free from, draw up, raise, lift up, start up”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + *bregdaną (“to move, swing”), of uncertain further origin. Equivalent to a- + braid. Related to Dutch breien (“to knit”), German bretten (“to knit”).
From Middle English abrede. More at abread.
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