abrood

English

From Middle English abrod, equivalent to a- +‎ brood.

abrood (comparative more abrood, superlative most abrood)

(obsolete) Upon a brood; on a hatch. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the late 19^th century.]^[1]
- 1821, George D'Oyly, Hendrik Slatius, Henry Wharton, The life of William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury:
  The word in the original (as St. Hierom tells us from the Hebrew traditions) implies, that the Spirit of God sat abrood upon the whole rude mass, as birds upon their eggs, […]
(figurative) Mischief. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the late 19^th century.]^[1]

abrood (comparative more abrood, superlative most abrood)

(obsolete) Upon a brood; hatching eggs. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the late 19^th century.]^[1]
(figurative) Mischief. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the late 19^th century.]^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abrood”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.