"bread" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /bræ͜ɑːd/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą, whence also Old Frisian brād (West Frisian brea), Old Saxon brōd (German Low German Broot, Brot), Dutch brood, Old High German brōt (German Brot), Old Norse brauð and Icelandic brauð (Swedish bröd). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*braud}} Proto-West Germanic *braud, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*braudą}} Proto-Germanic *braudą, {{cog|ofs|brād}} Old Frisian brād, {{cog|fy|brea}} West Frisian brea, {{cog|osx|brōd}} Old Saxon brōd, {{cog|nds-de|Broot}} German Low German Broot, {{cog|nl|brood}} Dutch brood, {{cog|goh|brōt}} Old High German brōt, {{cog|de|Brot}} German Brot, {{cog|non|brauð}} Old Norse brauð, {{cog|is|brauð}} Icelandic brauð, {{cog|sv|bröd}} Swedish bröd Head templates: {{ang-noun|n|head=brēad}} brēad n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun|brēad|brēadru|brēad|brēadru|brēades|brēada|brēade|brēadum}} Forms: brēad [canonical, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], brēad [nominative, singular], brēadru [nominative, plural], brēad [accusative, singular], brēadru [accusative, plural], brēades [genitive, singular], brēada [genitive, plural], brēade [dative, singular], brēadum [dative, plural], brēod [alternative]
  1. bit, piece, morsel, crumb
    Sense id: en-bread-ang-noun-7gMQYLDH Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. bread (foodstuff)
    Sense id: en-bread-ang-noun-Sq1mFG5Q Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Foods Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Foods: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (bread): hlāf Derived forms: bēobrēad, picgbrēad
Disambiguation of 'bread': 0 0
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          "word": "breead"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Geordie",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "breed"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "breid"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Yola",
          "lang_code": "yol",
          "word": "breed"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Early Middle English"
      ],
      "word": "bræd"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "bread"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "breead"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Geordie",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "breed"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "breid"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Yola",
          "lang_code": "yol",
          "word": "breed"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "bryad"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "bread"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "breead"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Geordie",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "breed"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "breid"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Yola",
          "lang_code": "yol",
          "word": "breed"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "tags": [
        "Kent"
      ],
      "word": "bryead"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*braud"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *braud",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*braudą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *braudą",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "brād"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian brād",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "brea"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian brea",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "brōd"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon brōd",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Broot"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Broot",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "brood"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch brood",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "brōt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German brōt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Brot"
      },
      "expansion": "German Brot",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "brauð"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse brauð",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "brauð"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic brauð",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "bröd"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish bröd",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą, whence also Old Frisian brād (West Frisian brea), Old Saxon brōd (German Low German Broot, Brot), Dutch brood, Old High German brōt (German Brot), Old Norse brauð and Icelandic brauð (Swedish bröd).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brēad",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēad",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēadru",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēad",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēadru",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēades",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēada",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēade",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēadum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēod",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "head": "brēad"
      },
      "expansion": "brēad n",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brēad",
        "2": "brēadru",
        "3": "brēad",
        "4": "brēadru",
        "5": "brēades",
        "6": "brēada",
        "7": "brēade",
        "8": "brēadum"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bit, piece, morsel, crumb"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bit",
          "bit"
        ],
        [
          "piece",
          "piece"
        ],
        [
          "morsel",
          "morsel"
        ],
        [
          "crumb",
          "crumb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bread (foodstuff)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bread",
          "#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bræ͜ɑːd/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "bread",
      "word": "hlāf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bread"
}

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