English

Alternative forms

• abray

Verb

abraid ‎(third-person singular simple present abraids, present participle abraiding, simple past and past participle abraided or abraid)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To wrench (something) out. [10^th-13^thc.]
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To wake up. [11^th-18^thc.]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.6:

     But when as I did out of sleepe abray, / I found her not where I her left whyleare […].

   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XIII, l:

     But from his study he at last abray'd, / Call'd by the hermit old […]

3. (intransitive, archaic) To spring, start, make a sudden movement. [from 11^thc.]
4. (intransitive, transitive, obsolete) To shout out. [15^th-16^thc.]
5. (transitive, obsolete) To rise in the stomach with nausea. [16^th-19^thc.]

Related terms

• abray

Etymology 2

From Middle English abrede. More at abread.

Adverb

abraid ‎(comparative more abraid, superlative most abraid)

1. Alternative form of abread

References

• The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈabˠɾˠədʲ]

Verb

abraid

1. (archaic, Munster) third-person plural present indicative dependent of abair
2. (archaic, Munster) third-person plural present subjunctive of abair

Usage notes

The standard modern form is deir siad in the indicative and go ndeire siad in the subjunctive.

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