The spelling of "wast bred" may seem strange to some due to the use of "wast" instead of "was" and "bred" instead of "bread". However, this is actually an old-fashioned spelling that was once common in the English language. "Wast" is the archaic form of "was", while "bred" is the past tense and past participle of "breed". The phonetic transcription of this word in IPA is /wɑːst bred/.