spreden

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English sprǣdan (“to spread, expand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsprɛːdən/

Verb

spreden

1. to spread
   • 1382 Wycliffe Bible (Exodus 40:18-19):

     And Moises reiside it, and settide the tablis, and foundementis, and barris, and he ordeynede pilers; and spredde abrood the roof on the tabernacle, and puttide an hilyng aboue, as the Lord comaundide. (Translation of the Vulgate, "Erexitque illud Moses et posuit tabulas ac bases et vectes statuitque columnas et expandit tectum super tabernaculum inposito desuper operimento sicut Dominus imperarat.")

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Descendants

• English: spread
• Scots: spreid