† bridalryn.
Obsolete. rare.
The condition of being a bride; the status of a woman in the early stage of her marriage. Cf. brideship n.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > bride > position of
brideship1638
bridalry1741
bridehood1845
1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xvi. 78 A poor Girl has..but a few Weeks Courtship, and perhaps a first Month's Bridalry, if that; and then she's as much a Slave to a Husband, as she was a Vassal to her Father.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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n.1741- to gibbet into
- to gie it laldy
- to gie laldy
- to gie someone laldy
- to gig
- to gig back
- to gig it
- to gig out
- to giggle away
- to giggle out
- to giggle out time
- to gild over
- to gild the lily
- to gild the pill
- to gipsy away
- to gird about
- to gird down
- to gird forth
- to gird forward
- to gird in
- to gird in two
- to gird off
- to gird on
- to gird one's loins
- to gird one's reins