bred.
broad, wide
Meaning & usage
broad, wide
Where this word comes from
From Old Danish breth, from Old Norse breiðr, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz. Cognate with Old English brad.
shore
bank
Where this word comes from
From Old Danish bræd, from Proto-Germanic *brezdaz, cognate with Norwegian bredd, Swedish brädd, Old English breord. Related to *bruzdaz (“thorn”) (Danish brod) and possibly also *burdą (“board”) (Danish bord).
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