Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To wrench (something) out. · To unsheathe a blade, draw a weapon. · To wake up. · To spring, start, make a sudden movement.
From Middle English abraiden, abreiden (“to start up, awake, move, reproach”), from Old English ābreġdan (“to move quickly, vibrate, draw, draw from, remove, unsheath, wrench, pull out, withdraw, take away, draw back, free from, draw up, raise, lift up, start up”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + *bregdaną (“to move, swing”), of uncertain further origin. Equivalent to a- + braid. Related to Dutch breien (“to knit”), German bretten (“to knit”).
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- Inherited-form mentionabraidenenm
- Inherited-form mentionābreġdanang · to move quickly, vibrate, draw, draw from, remove, unsheath, wrench, pull out, withdraw, take away, draw back, free from, draw up, raise, lift up, start up
- Derivation mention*uz-gem-pro · out
- Cognate mentionbreiennl · to knit
- Cognate mentionbrettende · to knit
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