Etymology

bewed

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Today it means: To pledge oneself to; betroth; wed; marry. Full definition →

Middle English biwedden ← Old English beweddian ← Proto-West Germanic *biwaddjōn
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*biwaddjōn
  2. Old English · inherited frombeweddian“to betroth, marry, give security”
  3. Middle English · inherited frombiwedden
  4. English todaybewed

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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