PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. Bosworth-Toller records brȳd, bride or spouse, separately from brid, the young of a bird; the reviewed bride path follows brȳd.
/braɪd/ · noun
A woman about to be or recently married; inherited from Old English brȳd and directly preserved inside bridegroom.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Documents distinct Old English lexical records.
BRÝD headword and separate brid entrySurface resemblance is not allowed to create a homographic ancestry edge.