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breyde

breyde is the obsolete spelling of braid.

Meaning of braid

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.
    • Braid your locks with rosy twine.1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC
  4. To mix, or make uniformly soft, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in preparing food.
  5. (obsolete) To reproach; to upbraid.
    • Great King, / Few loue to heare the ſinnes they loue to act, / T'would brayde your ſelfe too neare for me to tell it […]c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry...

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Questions about breyde

What is breyde the obsolete spelling of?
Breyde is the obsolete spelling of braid.

Words near breyde in the dictionary

  1. Brexocalypse
  2. Brexodus
  3. brexpiprazole
  4. Brexshit
  5. brey
  6. breyde
  7. Breydon Water
  8. breyed
  9. Breyer
  10. Breyers
  11. breying

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Adapted from Wiktionary: breyde (page history and authors); braid (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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