*brēdaną

Runic: ᛒᚱᛖᛞᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈbrɛː.ðɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 7d

Meanings

  1. to warm, heat, broil
  2. to roast (meat)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from *bʰreh₁-dʰh₁-e/o-, a dʰh₁-extension (forms resultative verbs from roots) of root *bʰer-/*bʰrewh₁- (‘to boil, brew’) (Lehmann 1986b: s.v. breen). Related to *brējaną (‘to roast, smell’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularbrēdōbrēdaų–
2nd singularbrēdizibrēdaizbrēd
3rd singularbrēdidibrēdaibrēdadau
1st dualbrēdōzbrēdaiw–
2nd dualbrēdadizbrēdaidizbrēdadiz
1st pluralbrēdamazbrēdaim–
2nd pluralbrēdidbrēdaidbrēdid
3rd pluralbrēdandibrēdainbrēdandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularbrēdai–
2nd singularbrēdazaibrēdaizau
3rd singularbrēdadaibrēdaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralbrēdandaibrēdaindau
2nd pluralbrēdandaibrēdaindau
3rd pluralbrēdandaibrēdaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularbebrēdbebrēdį̄
2nd singularbebrēstbebrēdīz
3rd singularbebrēdbebrēdī
1st dualbebrēdūbebrēdīw
2nd dualbebrēdudizbebrēdīdiz
1st pluralbebrēdumbebrēdīm
2nd pluralbebrēdudbebrēdīd
3rd pluralbebrēdunbebrēdīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
brēdaną brēdandz brēdanaz

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Descendants

  • *brādan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • brādan (Old Dutch)
      • brâden (Middle Dutch)
        • braoje (Limburgish)
  • *brādan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • brādan (Old Dutch)
      • brâden (Middle Dutch)
        • braden (Dutch)
          • braai (Afrikaans)
  • *brādan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • brǣdan (Old English)
      • breden, breaden (Middle English)
        • brade (Scots)
  • *brādan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • brēda (Old Frisian)
      • bräide (Saterland Frisian)
      • briede (West Frisian)
  • *brādan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • prātan, brātan (Old High German)
      • braten (Middle High German)
        • braten (German)
        • broden (Luxembourgish)
        • בראָטן (brotn) (Yiddish)
  • *brādan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • brādan (Old Saxon)
      • brâden (Middle Low German)
        • broden, braoden, braden, braën (Low German)
        • broose, braase, braari (North Frisian)
        • broden (Plautdietsch)
  • bræða (Old Norse)
    • bræde (Danish)
    • bræða (Faroese)
    • bræða (Icelandic)
    • brædha (Old Swedish)

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