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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedMiddle English · Middle English · newly married woman

bride

bride; wife

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedOld English · Old English · bride component

brȳd

bride

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

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SOUND CHANGE

Middle English bride continues Old English brȳd.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

Bride, wife, and spouse senses remain in the historical field.

CHRONOLOGY

No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

Merriam-Webster Editors · Joseph Bosworth and Thomas Northcote Toller

CONFIDENCE

established — no additional confidence note is attached.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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CITATION REGISTER

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Bride — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology: Middle English from Old English brȳd

Publishes the direct Old English ancestry.

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BRÝD — An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary OnlineBRÝD headword, senses, and examples

Documents the Old English form and semantic range.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

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RELATION / 852bride

bride → brȳd

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