Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo pledge oneself to; betroth; wed; marry. · To unite closely and intimately; join.
From Middle English biwedden, from Old English beweddian (“to betroth, marry, give security”), from Proto-West Germanic *biwaddjōn, equivalent to be- + wed. Cognate with Old Frisian biweddia.
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- Inherited-form mentionbiweddenenm
- Inherited-form mentionbeweddianang · to betroth, marry, give security
- Inherited-form mention*biwaddjōngmw-pro
- Cognate mentionbiweddiaofs
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