SOURCE 01supportshistorical dictionary
Bride — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use
Publishes comparison without a proto-form.
Akin to Old High German brūt bride- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 305
DISPUTE
RECORD.
One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
openprobable
What securely precedes Old English brȳd?
The sources publish broad Germanic comparanda, including Old High German brūt, but this dossier does not yet have a reviewed source that warrants one reconstructed parent.
WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 305
bride
/braɪd/ · noun
A woman about to be or recently married; inherited from Old English brȳd and directly preserved inside bridegroom.
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DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
2 SOURCES WITH A STANCE
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.
SOURCE 02contexthistorical dictionary
BRÝD — An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
Supplies a wider comparative set without a promoted parent.
Germanic etymology list- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichý
- YEAR
- 2014
- PUBLISHER
- Faculty of Arts, Charles University
02 / EDITORIAL STATE
THE QUESTION REMAINS OPEN.
- CONFIDENCE
- probable
- STATUS
- open
- LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
- Merriam-Webster and Bosworth-Toller list relatives without printing a common proto-form in the located entries.
The trail ends at an explicit cognate horizon rather than importing an uncited reconstruction.