"brid" meaning in Middle English

See brid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /brid/, /bird/, /burd/ (note: metathetic)
Etymology: From Old English bridd, of disputed origin. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:inh|ang:bridd|id=bird}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "brid", "lang" : "enm" }" data-id="bird" data-lang="enm" data-title="brid" id="Middle_English:_bird">, {{inh|enm|ang|bridd}} Old English bridd Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} brid, {{enm-noun|pl=briddes}} brid (plural briddes) Forms: briddes [plural], bred [alternative], bredd [alternative], brede [alternative], bridd [alternative], bryd [alternative], berd [alternative], bird [alternative], birde [alternative], bord [alternative], burd [alternative], byrd [alternative], byrde [alternative]
  1. A bird (of any age) Synonyms: foul
    Sense id: en-brid-enm-noun-6Cp2QqN4 Categories (other): Middle English entries referencing missing etymons Disambiguation of Middle English entries referencing missing etymons: 11 3 35 8 43
  2. A young bird; a chick.
    Sense id: en-brid-enm-noun-9IuKeKIG
  3. A baby; a young animal (in reference to humans or non-mammals)
    Sense id: en-brid-enm-noun-neCRdgYc Categories (other): Middle English entries referencing missing etymons, Baby animals Disambiguation of Middle English entries referencing missing etymons: 11 3 35 8 43 Disambiguation of Baby animals: 4 18 44 2 28 2 2
  4. A term of affection or derogation.
    Sense id: en-brid-enm-noun-XOp1f3iJ
  5. (uncommon) Any winged animal. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-brid-enm-noun-p~3N9NzX Categories (other): Pages with entries, Middle English entries referencing missing etymons, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms of address, Pages using etymon with no ID, Birds Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 3 0 9 1 10 1 1 21 20 9 13 Disambiguation of Middle English entries referencing missing etymons: 11 3 35 8 43 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 11 2 27 4 38 9 9 Disambiguation of Middle English terms of address: 9 3 27 7 39 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 10 3 33 7 46 Disambiguation of Birds: 22 17 23 3 30 3 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bridlim
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} brid
  1. alternative form of bride (“bride”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bride (extra: bride)
    Sense id: en-brid-enm-noun-j9~juLgd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} brid
  1. alternative form of bred (“bread”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bred (extra: bread)
    Sense id: en-brid-enm-noun-9HbqmLbQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-05-01 using wiktextract (e973cf0 and ae80fde). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.