brerd

Middle English

Alternative forms

• breerd, brerde
• breord, brurd (West Midland)
• berde, brede (dissimilatory)

Etymology

From Old English brerd, from Proto-West Germanic *breʀd, from Proto-Germanic *brezdaz (“edge, shore”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /breːrd/, /brɛːrd/
• IPA^(key): /brøːrd/ (West Midland)

Noun

brerd (plural brerdes)

1. brim, rim (top edge)
2. edge, periphery, side

Related terms

• bretful

Descendants

• >? English: breward, bruart (dialectal)
• Middle Scots: brerd, breird
  • Scots: breird, braird
    • → English: braird

References

• “brērd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Alternative forms

• breord, breard
• briord — Anglian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *breʀd, from Proto-Germanic *brezdaz (“edge, shore”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brerd/, [brerˠd]

Noun

brerd m

1. brim, margin, rim

   Synonym: brim

2. top of a pot or vessel
3. highest point of anything

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	brerd	brerdas
accusative	brerd	brerdas
genitive	brerdes	brerda
dative	brerde	brerdum

Descendants

• Middle English: brerd, breerd, brerde, breord, brurd (West Midland), berde, brede (dissimilatory)
  • >? English: breward, bruart (dialectal)
  • Middle Scots: brerd, breird
    • Scots: breird, braird
      • → English: braird

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “brerd”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.