Old English brȳdguma contains brȳd, bride, as its first lexical component beside guma, man.
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brȳdguma
bridegroom; bride-man
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedOld English · Old English · bride componentbrȳd
bride
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The bride component supplies the marriage relation in the compound.
A morphological relation inside Old English.
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Bridegroom — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology: brȳd plus guma, man
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the bride component.
Bridegroom — American Heritage DictionaryEtymology: brȳd, bride plus guma, man
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently confirms both components.
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