"bred" meaning in Middle English

See bred in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /brɛːd/
Etymology: From Old English brēad, from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|brēad}} Old English brēad, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*braud}} Proto-West Germanic *braud, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*braudą}} Proto-Germanic *braudą Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} bred
  1. bread, pastry Categories (topical): Breads, Foods
    Sense id: en-bred-enm-noun-enm:bread Disambiguation of Breads: 51 15 17 12 5 Disambiguation of Foods: 53 6 20 15 5
  2. variety of bread
    Sense id: en-bred-enm-noun-kPxd2v-P
  3. food, nourishment Categories (topical): Food and drink
    Sense id: en-bred-enm-noun-iH1tqRiY Disambiguation of Food and drink: 30 0 61 10 0
  4. livelihood, sustenance
    Sense id: en-bred-enm-noun-usFIcy6b Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 2 81 12 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 2 6 79 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bredles, gyngebred, holy bred
Etymology number: 1 Synonyms: bredd, brede, breed, breede, breid, brid, bræd, bryad [Kentish], bryead Synonyms (bread): payn Synonyms (early): bread Disambiguation of 'bread': 53 47 0 0 Disambiguation of 'early': 0 0 0 0

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} bred
  1. Alternative form of breden (“to breed”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: breden (extra: to breed)
    Sense id: en-bred-enm-verb-o~tnqZtP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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