From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Abraid \A*braid"\, v. t. & i. [OE. abraiden, to awake, draw (a
sword), AS. [=a]bredgan to shake, draw; pref. [=a]- (cf.
Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + bregdan to shake,
throw. See Braid.]
To awake; to arouse; to stir or start up; also, to shout out.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
I want to be remembered when I'm dead. I want books written about me. I want songs sung about me. And then, hundreds of years from now, I want episodes of my life to be played out weekly at half past nine by some great heroic actor of the age.
~Blackadder