abraid

Pronunciation: /əˈbɹeɪd/

The English word “abraid” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

To wrench (something) out.
To unsheathe a blade, draw a weapon.
To wake up.
To spring, start, make a sudden movement.
To shout out.
To rise in the stomach with nausea.

Etymology

From Middle English abraiden, abreiden (“to start up, awake, move, reproach”), from Old English ābreġdan (“to move quickly, vibrate, draw, draw from, remove, unsheath, wrench, pull out, withdraw, take away, draw back, free from, draw up, raise, lift up, start up”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + *bregdaną (“to move, swing”), of uncertain further origin. Equivalent to a- + braid. Related to…

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