Part of speech: verb
Verb type: strong verb
to shake; to swing, move to and fro
Etymology
[Mod E BRAID, (Scott dial) BRADE ← Prot-Germ *bregdan; O Fris brida; O Sax bregdan; Dt breien; OHG brettan (Mod G bretten); Icel bregða ← Indo-Europ *bhrek-; cf Sanskr bhurati v “to move quickly”; Lith bruzdùs a “fast”]
Paradigm
4.1.3. - III class
| III class | infinitive | past tense singular | past tense plural | past participle |
| to tie, bind | bindan | band, bond | bundon | bunden |
| to help, assist | helpan | healp | hulpon | holpen |
| to cut; to cut down | ceorfan | cearf | curfon | corfen |
| to fight, combat | feohtan | feaht | fuhton | fohten |
| to pay; to repay | ȝieldan | ȝeald | ȝuldon | ȝolden |
| to shake; to swing | breȝdan | bræȝd | bruȝdon | broȝden, breȝden |
| to ask, inquire | friȝnan, frínan | fræȝn | fruȝnon, frúnon | fruȝnen, frúnen |
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