brerd

• breerd, brerde
• breord, brurd (West Midlands)
• berde, brede (dissimilatory)

From Old English brerd, from Proto-West Germanic *breʀd, from Proto-Germanic *brezdaz (“edge, shore”).

• IPA^(key): /breːrd/, /brɛːrd/
• IPA^(key): /brøːrd/ (West Midlands)

brerd (plural brerdes)

1. brim, rim (top edge)
2. edge, periphery, side

• bretful

• >? English: breward, bruart (dialectal)
• Middle Scots: brerd, breird
  • Scots: breird, braird
    • → English: braird

• “brērd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

• breord, breard
• briord — Anglian

From Proto-West Germanic *breʀd, from Proto-Germanic *brezdaz (“edge, shore”).

• IPA^(key): /brerd/, [brerˠd]

brerd m

1. brim, margin, rim
2. top of a pot or vessel
3. highest point of anything

• Middle English: brerd, breerd, brerde, breord, brurd (West Midlands), berde, brede (dissimilatory)
  • >? English: breward, bruart (dialectal)
  • Middle Scots: brerd, breird
    • Scots: breird, braird
      • → English: braird