The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abraid \A*braid"\, v. t. & i. [OE. abraiden, to awake, draw (a
sword), AS. [=a]bredgan to shake, draw; pref. [=a]- (cf.
Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + bregdan to shake,
throw. See Braid.]
To awake; to arouse; to stir or start up; also, to shout out.
[Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 alt. 1 (label en transitive obsolete) To wrench (something) out. (10th-13thc.) 2 (label en intransitive obsolete) To wake up. (11th-18thc.) 3 (label en intransitive archaic) To spring, start, make a sudden movement. (from 11thc.) 4 (label en intransitive transitive obsolete) To shout out. (15th-16thc.) 5 (label en transitive obsolete) To rise in the stomach with nause
(16th-19thc.) v
1 (label en transitive obsolete) To wrench (something) out. (10th-13th
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) 2 (label en intransitive obsolete) To wake up. (11th-18thc.) 3 (label en intransitive archaic) To spring, start, make a sudden movement. (from 11thc.) 4 (label en intransitive transitive obsolete) To shout out. (15th-16thc.) 5 (label en transitive obsolete) To rise in the stomach with nausea. (16th-19thc.) Etymology 2
adv. (alternative form of abread English)
Usage examples of "abraid".
Then the courage came into his body, and with a great might he abraid upon his feet, and smote the black and yellow knight upon the helm by an overstroke so fierce that the sword sheared away the third part of his head, as it had been a rotten cheese.
I strove again, then, to escape, pulling against the bonds, trying to abraid them against the back of the blade.
A large eel suddenly broke the surface tearing at the side of my abraided leg.
Black and blue halos rimmed her eyes, and her cheeks were abraided, with dried blood at one corner of her mouth.
I reached around and grabbed the belt and hissed as fabric abraided my skin.
GLOSSARY Abashed, abased, lowered, 9 34 Abate, depress, calm, 7 IS, 22, 18 I9 Abought, paid for, 7 I7 Abraid, started, 9 32 Accompted, counted, 13 z Accorded, agreed, 12 Accordment, agreement, 20 II Acquit, repay, 4 26 Actually, actively, 4 20 Adoubted, afraid, 10 4 Advision, vision, 14 7 Afeard, afraid, 123 Afterdeal, disadvantage, 5 8 Againsay, retract, 13 7 Aknown, known, 8 14 Aligement, alleviation, 16 I6 Allegeance, alleviation, 18 I9 Allow, approve, 7 5 Almeries, chests, 17 23 Alther, gen.
The crossed wrists bore abraided grooves where he had fought bonds, grooves like those on Hope's wrists.
Similarly her ankles were not cut or abraided as though she might have tried to slip the iron from her fair limbs.
It was almost as thought the right side of his face had been abraided by some terrifying, fierce passage, by some swift, lengthy, terrible friction.
Surface temperature, diurnally, is, of course, much higher in the dune country, by day, if one were so unwise as to go barefoot, the bright sand would quickly cripple a man, abraiding and burning the flesh from his feet in a matter of hours.
The pack's straps were abraiding the telaba on his shoulders, wearing through to the lightweight chain beneath.