bewed
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bewed
- /biˈwɛd/ UK, US
- /bɪˈwɛd/ UK, US
- /bəˈwɛd/ UK, US
Where it comes from
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.
verb beweds · bewedding · bewed · bewedded
- To pledge oneself to; betroth; wed; marry. Þæt wolde ðyncan wundorlic ælcum men þe on Englalande wæs, gif ænig man ær þam sæde þæt hit swa gewurþan sceolde, for ðam þe he wæs ær to þam swyðe up ahafen swylce he weolde þæs cynges ⁊ ealles Englalandes, ⁊ his sunan wæron eorlas, ⁊ þæs cynges dyrlingas, ⁊ his dohtor þæm cynge beweddod ⁊ beæwnod.
- To unite closely and intimately; join.
Similar: put together, unite
