Obs. Also 4 north. brade. [f. the adj.] trans. To broaden, spread abroad, expand.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 1312. Þe (a)mansing is so ibroded.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, cxvii[xix]. 32. When thou bradid [dilatasti] my hert. Bradynge of hert is delytynge of rightwisnes.
1399. Langl., Rich. Redeless, II. 141. Þe blessid bredd brodid his wyngis.
