# breiden
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbrɛi̯də(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: brei‧den
* Rhymes: -ɛi̯dən

### Verb

breiden
* inflection of breien:
** plural past indicative
** (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

### Verb

breiden
* Dated form of breien.

#### Conjugation
### Anagrams

* breiend

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *bregdan, from Proto-West Germanic *bregdan.

#### Verb

breiden
* to weave, to braid

##### Descendants

* Dutch: breien

### Etymology 2

From Old Dutch breiden.

#### Verb

breiden
* to broaden
* to expand, to extend
* to enlarge, to increase

##### Alternative forms

* brêden

##### Derived terms

* ontbreiden
* verbreiden

### Further reading

* “breiden (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “breiden (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “breden”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page breden

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* brede, breden, breyde, brayde, brayden, braiden, bræiden

### Etymology

From Old English breġdan, brēdan, from Proto-West Germanic *bregdan, from Proto-Germanic *bregdaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbræi̯dən/, /ˈbreːdən/

### Verb

breiden
* To drag; to pull away and take with oneself:
** To forcibly take; to confiscate or steal.
** To remove by dragging; to pull off or away.
* To perform weaving or knitting:
** To braid; to intertwine fibres or threads.
** (mainly in the past participle) To decorate or beautify.
** (rare) To entwine; to become involved.
* To move with alacrity; to run or leap:
** To startle or be startled; to be alarmed.
** (rare) To suddenly move; to leap to action.
* To alter or modify; to be altered or modified.
* To rotate or turn; to entwine or ravel.
* To unsheath or show one's weapons.
* (rare) To fight against; to damage.
* (rare) To protest; to act against.
* (rare) To come to one's mind.
* (rare) To make an assumption.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) breiden, breide | (to) breiden, breide |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | breide | braid, breided |
| 2nd-person singular | breidest | braide, braid, breidedest |
| 3rd-person singular | breideth | braid, breided |
| subjunctive singular | breide | braide$^1$, breided$^1$ |
| imperative singular | breide | — |
| plural$^2$ | breiden, breide | braiden, braide, breideden, breidede |
| imperative plural | breideth, breide | — |
| participles | breidynge, breidende | brouden, broiden, broide, breided, ybrouden |
$^1$Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English. $^2$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

#### Related terms

* breid
* breydynge
* bridel
* forbreiden
* upbreiden

#### Descendants

* English: braid
* Scots: braid, brade, bray, breed

#### References

* “breiden, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-9.

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *braidijan.

### Verb

breiden
* to widen, to broaden

#### Alternative forms

* brēden

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: breiden
** Dutch: breien

#### Further reading

* “brēden”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012