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† ˈbridelope Obs.
[late OE. brýdlóp, either:—*brýdhléap, or ad. ON. brúðhlaup, brullaup (Sw. bröllopp, Da. bryllup) wedding; cf. OHG. brûthlauft, -louft, MHG. brûtlouf, Ger. (arch.) brautlauf; f. OTeut. brûđi- bride + hlaup- run, leap.]
The oldest known Teutonic name for ‘Wedding’: lit. ‘the bridal run’, or ‘gallop’, in conducting the bride to her new home. See Grimm, Brautlauf: and cf. broose. ? Only in OE.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xxii. 2 Gelic..cyne-menn seðe dyde ða brydlopa [= nuptias] sune his. 1076O.E. Chron. (MS. D) æt ðam brydlope æt Norðwic [Laud MS. has bryd-ealoð]. |