different between abraid vs braid

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??b?e?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Etymology 1

From Middle English abraiden, abreiden (“to start up, awake, move, reproach”), from Old English ?bre?dan (“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”) + *bregdan? (“to move, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?r??-, *b?r??- (“to shine”), equivalent to a- +? braid. Related to Dutch breien (“to knit”), German bretten (“to knit”).

Alternative forms

• abray

Verb

abraid (third-person singular simple present abraids, present participle abraiding, simple past and past participle abraided or abraid)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To wrench (something) out. [10^th-13^thc.]
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To wake up. [11^th-18^thc.]
3. (intransitive, archaic) To spring, start, make a sudden movement. [from 11^thc.]
4. (intransitive, transitive, obsolete) To shout out. [15^th-16^thc.]
5. (transitive, obsolete) To rise in the stomach with nausea. [16^th-19^thc.]

Related terms

• abray

Etymology 2

From Middle English abrede. More at abread.

Adverb

abraid (comparative more abraid, superlative most abraid)

1. Alternative form of abread

References

• The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition

Anagrams

• Arabid, rabadi

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ab????d?/

Verb

abraid

1. (archaic, Munster) inflection of abair:
   1. third-person plural present indicative dependent
   2. third-person plural present subjunctive

Usage notes

The standard modern form is deir siad in the indicative and go ndeire siad in the subjunctive.

Mutation

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English braiden, breiden, bræiden, from Old English bre?dan (“to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw (wrestling), draw (sword), drag; bend, weave, braid, knit, join together; change color, vary, be transformed; bind, knot; move, be pulled; flash”), from Proto-West Germanic *bregdan, from Proto-Germanic *bregdan? (“to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?r??-, *b?r??- (“to shine, shimmer”).

Cognate with Scots Scots brade, Scots braid (“to move quickly or suddenly”), Saterland Frisian braidje (“to knit”), West Frisian breidzje, Dutch breien (“to knit”), Low German breiden, Bavarian bretten (“to move quickly, twitch”), Icelandic bregða (“to move quickly, jerk”), Faroese bregða (“to move quickly, react swiftly; to draw (sword)”) and Faroese bregda (“to plaid, braid, twist, twine”).

Alternative forms

• brayde, breyde, broid (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?e?d/
• Homophone: brayed
• Rhymes: -e?d

Verb

braid (third-person singular simple present braids, present participle braiding, simple past and past participle braided)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make a sudden movement with, to jerk.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To start into motion.
3. (transitive) To weave together, intertwine (strands of fibers, ribbons, etc.); to arrange (hair) in braids.
4. To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
5. (obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.

Derived terms

• umbraid
• upbraid

Translations

Noun

braid (plural braids)

1. (obsolete) A sudden movement; a jerk, a wrench. [11^th-17^thc.]
2. A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. [from 16^thc.]
3. A stranded wire composed of a number of smaller wires twisted together
4. A tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal placed around a central cable for shielding against electromagnetic interference.
5. A fancy; freak; caprice.

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Translations

Further reading

• braid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• braid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Braids on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

Adjective

braid (comparative more braid, superlative most braid)

1. (obsolete) Deceitful.

Anagrams

• Baird, bidar, rabid

Gothic

Romanization

braid

1. Romanization of ????????????????????

Irish

Noun

braid f

1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of brad

Mutation

Middle English

Noun

braid

1. Alternative form of breid