Lexicographical Neighbors of Breid
Literary usage of Breid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"Royal Household, Chalmers's Mary, i. 178, 179. It i« sometimes distinguished by
its relative size. breid, BREED, ». A breadth of cloth, woollen or linen, ..."
2. Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations with Illustrative Notes on Words by Alexander Carmichael (1900)
"It is mentioned in manj of the sayings of the people *»; — 'breid ban' — white
kertch ; 'breid ... nan entn,' the shapely coif of the crowns ; and ' breid ..."
3. Merchant and Craft Guilds: A History of the Aberdeen Incorporated Trades by Ebenezer Bain (1887)
"... dry, and veill bakin fresche stuf for ij d., and to haue breid rady at all tyme
... sufficient stuf, and weill bakin, for four d. ; and that na breid be ..."
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