wedn.

Brit.

/wɛd/, U.S.

/wɛd/

Forms: Also Old English, Middle English wedd, Middle English–1500s wedde, (Middle English wede, weed); Middle English–1800s Scottish wad, (Middle English vad), 1800s Scottish and dialect wadd; 1600s wade.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English wed(d neuter = Old Frisian wed neuter, pledge, covenant, Old Saxon weddi neuter, pledge (Middle Low German wedde pledge, wager, etc.), (Middle) Dutch wedde (feminine), wages, Old High German wetti neuter (Middle High German wette , wet neuter, feminine, pledge, wager, etc., modern German wette (feminine), wager), Old Norse veð neuter, pledge (Middle Swedish väþ neuter, pledge, wager, Swedish väd neuter, wager), Gothic wadi neuter, earnest-money, pledge < Old Germanic *wađjo-m , cognate with Latin vadem (vas ) masculine, surety (whence vadimōnium bail), Lithuanian wadúoti to redeem a pledge. The Old Germanic word was adopted in the Romance languages: see gage n.¹, wage n.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

a. A pledge, something deposited as security for a payment or the fulfilment of an obligation; sometimes of a person, a hostage.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a pledge or security > pledge deposit

borrowa975

weda1122

security1444

pawn1479

pledge1490

collateral1887

a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1016 & heora freondscipe þær gefæstnodon, ge mid wedde ge mid aþe.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 288 Ne telleð me him god fere. þe leið his wed ingyrie to acwiten ut his fere.

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 70 He haþ hewe sumwher a burþen of brere, þarefore sum hayward haþ taken ys wed.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 244 I lerned amonge Lumbardes and Iewes a lessoun..to legge a wedde and lese it.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xviii. 7 He shal ȝeelde the wed [L. pignus] to the dettour.

c1389 Eng. Gilds (1870) 91 And qwo-so come after prime be smeten, he shal pay jd, or leye a wed.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6798 If þat þou..O pur man tas wedd o clath, Yeil[d] a-gain þat clath..Ar sun ga dun þat ilk dai.

1436 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 107 Item I wolle that the prioresse & the house of Chesthunt haue freely theire Weddys ayen withouten any mony payenge.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 519/1 Wedde, or thynge leyyd yn plegge, vadium, pignus.

c1450 Godstow Reg. 155 And he nother his heires shold never take wedde of the forsaide Anneys or of her assignes.

1458 Forman's Monumt. Christ's Hosp., Abingdon 70 For now is Culham hithe i com to an ende,..Few folke there were coude that wey wende, But they waged a wed or payed of her purse.

c1503 tr. Charter of London in R. Arnold Chron. f. v^v/2 Yf any man of our landis..take any tolle or custume of the citezens of london other wyse than they shuld the sherefs of london shall take wed of hem at london.

1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages Prol. sig. A.iij My buke to borrow, greitlie scho did Inquyre Ane wed thairfoir scho said scho wald doun lay.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 49 Some things are borrowed and lent, be giving and receaving of ane wad.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem Stat. Alex. II, 18 And gif he may not giue wades..he sall remaine as wade: aye and quhill he enter the pledges, quhilkis he promised.

1776 D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. Gloss. Wad or wed, pledge, wager, pawn.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. vii. 190 I thought the chield Morris looked devilish queer when I determined he should remain a wad, or hostage, for my safe back-coming.

b. figurative, or in reference to staking one's life (cf. 2c, 4).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a pledge or security

warrantisea1300

surancec1300

borrow-gage1303

suretyc1330

wage1338

wed1340

again-behotera1382

hostagec1400

sickeringa1450

gage1486

soverty1488

vadimonyc1503

pledge1526

slauntiagh1535

band1596

mortgage1598

ward and warsela1600

covenant1644

guaranty1697

security1711

guaranteeship1715

cautionment1815

guarantee1832

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 102 Þis adopcion is ase weddes ase zayþ saynte paul huerby we byþ zikere þet we ssolle habbe þe eritage of oure uader. [Cf. Vulgate pignus, Eph. i. 14.]

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iii. 195 Hedde I be Marchal of his Men..I durste haue I-leid my lyf, and no lasse wed, He hedde beo lord of þat lond.

1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 309 And ho so grucche or grone, aȝeins her grette willes, May lese her lyff lyghtly, and no lesse weddis.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2984 No les wed þen lyvis!

c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 624 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 314 For oure sawete one quhi[l]k [tree] vas he put, & his blud schede, & for ws put nane vthir wed.

c1530 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 59 He that lawith at a mynstrels worde, gevith to hym a wedde.

†c. A nuptial pledge or promise. Obsolete.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > marriage vows or bonds > [noun] > vow

eeOE

wedlocka1100

wed1390

marriagec1395

marriage vow1602

bed-vow1609

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 94 Bot ferst, er thou be sped, Thou schalt me leve such a wedd, That I wol have thi trowthe in honde That thou schalt be myn housebonde.

c1480 (a1400) St. Agnes 400 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 357 Here-of in vitnesyng remanis ay þe forsad ryng one þe fyngire of þat ymag of vad of weding in-to vag.

†2. In various phrases the noun assumes the contextual sense: The condition of being pawned, mortgaged, given up as a hostage, etc. (Cf. pledge n. 3) Obsolete.

a. to, in wed: as a pledge or hostage. in wed of: as security for (a payment, etc.).For dead wed n. at dead adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2 (= mortgage n.) see dead adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [adverb]

to, in wedOE

to warec1460

borrow1489

(to give) under gage, upon gage1523

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [adverb] > as security for

in wed of1488

OE Beowulf 2998 Ond þa Iofore forgeaf angan dohtor, hamweorðunge, hyldo to wedde.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2198 Ðis symeon bi-lef ðor in bond To wedde under Iosepes hond.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum xxiv. 88 But if þou pay now, I shal holde thi wif to wed, tyll tyme þat I be paied fully my salary.

1460 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 405 That na induellande of this burgh..tak in wed ony gudis that Wat Cutlaris wife bryngis for ony penyworthis oythir than dry siluer.

1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 98 [13l. 10s.] quhilk he had gevin away at the Kingis command, and had the Thesauraris signet in wed tharof.

1530 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 28 Item, that na maner of parsonis man nor woman tak ony claith in wedd fra vtheris.

1561 Burgh Rec. Stirling (1887) 79 Ane chenyie of gold..quhilk the Lady Caterene..deliverit him in wed of the sowme of ane hundreth and tuenty merkis.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 333 The Scotis sulde gyue Cumbirland,..in wedd of payment of the hail soume.

†b. to set, put, lay to or in wed, to betake on wed: to pawn, pledge (valuables), to deposit (money) as security; to mortgage (land); to give up (a person) as a hostage. to take out of wed: to redeem (something pledged). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)] > a person

to set, put, lay to or in wed?a900

lay1297

hostage1624

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (transitive)] > borrow money on security > specific to mortgage (land)

to set, put, lay to or in wed?a900

wadsetc1330

to give (also have, lay, put, take) to pledgea1529

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (transitive)] > pawn

to give (also have, lay, put, take) to pledgec1384

to set, put, lay to or in wedc1384

engage1525

pawn1570

to lay (up) in lavender1584

impawn1598

oppignorate1622

pignorate1623

dip1640

to put to lumber1671

vamp1699

pop1731

sweatc1800

spout1811

lumber1819

up the spout1819

hock1878

soak1882

to put away1887

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (transitive)] > pawn > redeem from pawn or pledge

to pledge out1446

raquite1454

redeem1474

to take out of wed1483

in-borrow1541

inquit1541

disimpawn1631

?a900 Ælfred's Dooms xxxvi Gif mon..hrægl.. to wedde selle.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12562 Mi lond ich wulle sette to wedde for seoluere.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8083 He..leide willam is broþer to wedde normandye & borowede þer uppe of him an hondred þousend marc.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Amos ii. 8 And on clothis leyde to wedde thei eeten bysidis eche auter.

1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. V. 31 Hym was levere legge to wedde [L. distrahere] his vessel of silver and of gold..þan greve provinces and londes and þe senatoures.

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 4904 And yf he stire you and meeve Your jewels ley in wedde, certein he Lovethe your estate and prosperitee.

1430 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 38/2 Wyt yhe me in my strenyeand myster til haf put in wede til my lowyt..frend Andro Osteler..al the landis of [etc.].

1450 Rolls of Parl. V. 205/2 His plate and other goodes sold, and in wed layed.

1462 in Spalding Club Misc. V. 22 His tua sponys..at wer laid in wede to the said Thome.

1483 Cath. Angl. 412/1 To take owt of Wedde, depignerare.

a1500 Merchant & Son 162 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 143 Fadur, y schall do my parte to helpe yow owt of peyne, Yf y schulde leye my selfe to wedd, or that ye come ageyne.

c1500 Lyt. Geste Robyn Hode 212 My londes bethe sette to wedde..To a ryche abbot..Of saynt Mary abbay.

c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Dj^v He that sald his swerd or laid it to wed, was degradit of auctorite, and banist as vnworthy creature out of thair cumpany.

1567 in 6th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1877) 643/2 Layd in wed to Maister Robert Rychartson..in pledge of fywe thousand pundis thir jowellis after following.

1573 in Inventaires de la Royne Descosse (Bannatyne Club) Pref. p. cliii All that was lefte of the juelles unlayde to wed.

1597 J. S. Cert. Worthye Manvscr. Poems sig. F6 And lay to wed both pot and panne When the fire clean is blowne out.

17.. Druken Wife o' Gallowa v, in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (1776) II. 39 My Sunday's coat she has laid it a wad.

†c. figurative. Often, to lay one's life, head, to wed, used to confirm or guarantee an assertion or an undertaking (cf. 4). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > give assurance or stand surety [verb (intransitive)]

to lay one's life, head, to wed971

to find (take) God, Mahoun, St. Blase, St. George, etc. to borrowa1330

again-behotea1382

to make (also do) faitha1382

pledge1458

to make (also give) warrantisea1535

undertake1548

subscribe1600

underwrite1623

seal1633

underwritea1657

hedge1676

vouch1687

to stand surety (or security)1776

to take warrant on oneself1828

stipulate1829

971 Blickl. Hom. 131 Þæs Halgan Gastes, se wæs of heofenum onsended..to wedde þæs heofonlican eþles.

1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 246 Sir Adam of Stretton fulle hard was he led, Nouht without encheson, I lay my gloue to wed.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 31 Lyf seyth þat he likth and leyth his lif to wedde, Þat [etc.].

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 423 Herby þei myght bye mennis synnes, and laye hor soules in wedde, þat oþer mennis soules shulde be saved.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 95 And thus his trowthe he leith to wedde.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16670 Þare he gaf his suete flesche for ur ranscun in wedd.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xv. 167 Thei..profreden here hedes to wedde, but ȝif it wolde falle as thei seyden.

c1400 Gosp. Nicodemus (Galba) 100 Þaire carping þare no thing þou knew, We lay oure heuiddes in wed.

1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) viii. xxiv. 194 b The sweord of Arthur he durst not abide, Lest he should lay his lyfe to wed.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 515 My hed to wed Lochlewyn he past to se.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 633 Ȝit feile Sothron left the lyff to wed.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxviii. 369 I dar lay my heede to wed, Or that we go vntill oure bed, That we shall here anothere.

a1500 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 247 A leche hath layd hys hed to wed To make a plaster that wolde me please.

?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. B.iiii I warraunt she wyll neuer saye you naye My lyfe I dare laye to wedde.

†d. to lie or be to or in wed: to be in pawn. literal and figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (intransitive)] > be in pawn

to lie or be to or in wedc1405

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 360 Lat hym be war, his nekke lyth to wedde.

?1464 H. Berry in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 296 For in London lyth to wedde many ryche jowellys of owris.

1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 345 Item..giffin to the Prothonotar, to quit out the Duke of Yorkis broune hors that lay in wed in the toune, xiiij lib.

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Gi^v He may rynse a pycher for his plate is to wed.

1556–7 Rec. Inverness (New Spalding Club) I. 5 The forsaid pece of land wes lyand to hyme in wed of ten pundis.

†3. Something taken or left that serves as evidence. Obsolete.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > evidence given, testimony > piece of

tokenOE

witnessa1325

samplec1380

argumentc1384

weda1400

reporta1425

testimonial1495

notea1555

testimony1597

vouchera1616

attestate1630

manifesto1644

deposition1648

vouchee1657

testatur1702

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7706 Fra þe kings aun bedd þus he [sc. David] broght a priue wedd.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4402 Bot for mi cri ful suith he [sc. Joseph] fled And left wit me a taken wedd [Gött. a tokin in wedd]; His mantel es bi-left wit me, þat ilk man þee sothe mai see.

4. A stake in a game or wager. Also figurative. †to lay wed: to wager (cf. 2c).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet [verb (intransitive)]

laya1300

to lay wedc1330

stake1530

wager1604

bet1609

gamble1757

sport1760

invest1852

punt1887

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > stake

wager1303

wedc1330

wed-feec1475

stake1540

lay1584

lake1636

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > stake

wedc1330

set1537

setting1540

stake1540

c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 320 Now boþe her wedde lys, And play þai bi ginne.

c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 488 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 21 Lat symon on fer stand fra þe bede, and ȝe sal se, I lay wede, þe fendis craft son onhyde.

1540 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) V. 178 He harde the Kynge say..that He trestyd to gett that proffett that never Kynge of Scottes had, and He shulde other have yt, or yt shulde coste Hym the best wed He had to leysse.

1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 166 It is a dear wade, when your Life lies upon last Stake.

1670 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 3) Wed, a gage or pawn; a word still retained in the Country sport, called Pray my Lord a course in your park.

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 19 A Wad is a Fool's Argument. Spoken when, after hot disputing, we offer to lay a Wager that we are in the Right.

1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. Gloss. Wadds, a youthful amusement, wherein much use is made of pledges.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Wadds... In this game, the players being equally divided..each lays down one or more wads or pledges at that extremity where the party, to which he belongs, chuse their station. A boundary being fixed at an equal distance from the extremities, the object is to carry off the wads from the one of these to the other.

†5. A gage of battle. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to > token or pledge of challenge

gage13..

wedc1330

glovea1400

pledge1590

pawn1597

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8404 Tak ȝe non hede of þeyr grete host, ffor wel ȝe wot þei ar bot bost,..ffor þem our wed schal nought be leued.

c1435 in Kingsford Chron. London (1905) 54 ‘This shull I preve with my body, and se here my wedde’: and threwe fforth his hode.

Compounds

All Obsolete.In the later instances referring to marriage probably directly associated with wed v.

wed-bed n. the marriage bed.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > bed

bridebedOE

bridal beda1547

marriage bed1567

nuptial bed1578

wedding-bed1597

Hymen-bed1598

thore1649

wed-beda1650

geniala1701

nuptial couch1731

wedlock bed1820

a1650 Old Robin 9 in Percy Fol. MS. I. 235 They had not in their wed bed laid, scarcly were both on sleepe, but vpp shee rose.

1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 5 367 Those priests the wed-bed who renounce.

wedbedrip n. Law some kind of bedrip n. (the force of wed- is uncertain).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > reaping as duty of tenant

bedrip1226

waterbedrip1276

wedbedripc1325

c1325 in W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. (1818) I. 575 Et debet unam Wedbedrip pro voluntate dominæ.

wed-breach n. breach of covenant (Old English), adultery.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery

eaubruchea1000

mid-lyinga1200

spousebriche?c1225

spousebreachc1275

adulterya1325

spouse-break1357

devoutrie1377

voutrya1382

spouse-breakinga1398

vowtryc1450

vowtrec1475

breach of matrimony1526

wed-breach1638

mechation1656

conjugal infidelity1700

c1020 Wulfstan Homilies xxxiii. 164 Eac syndan wide..þurh aðbrycas and ðurh wed~brycas and ðurh mistlice leasunga forloren and forlogen.

1638 W. Lisle tr. Heliodorus Hist. ii. 29 This crime of wed-breach.

wed-break n. [as if Old English *wedbreca] an adulterer.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > adulterer

eaubruchea1000

eaubrekerec1175

wed-breaka1300

spousebreachc1350

adulterera1382

adulterc1384

spouse-breakera1387

vouterc1386

devoutour1393

wedlock-breakerc1500

devoterer1550

bed-swervera1616

adulterator1632

a1300 E.E. Psalter xlix. 18 If..with wedbrek [L. cum adulteris] þi dele þou sete.

wed-brother n. [compare Old Norse veðbróðir] a sworn brother.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > love between kinsmen > brotherly love > one bound by oath to be as a brother

wed-brotherc1100

sworn brothera1325

wedded brothera1450

c1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (MS. D) ann. 1016 Coman begen þa cyningas to gædre..& wurdon feolagan & wed broðra.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7221 Send after mine sune Octa. & æfter..Ebissa his wed-broðer.

c1300 K. Horn (Laud) 295 He tok wit him anoþer þat was hornes wed broþer.

c1330 Florice & Bl. (Abbotsford Club) 163 We beth wed brethren and trewthe iplight.

c1400 Brut (1906) 120 O þow false traitoure! haste þow my trewe wed~broþer slayn for cause of me?

wed-fee n. a wager, the prize in a contest.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > stake

wager1303

wedc1330

wed-feec1475

stake1540

lay1584

lake1636

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > prize

prizea1275

wagerc1450

fee1488

premie?1548

premium1601

wed-feea1605

bravy1663

brabeum1676

premio1728

c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 159 Butte carpe we now of þer othir thre, How þay preuyd hor wedde-fee.

1504–5 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 128 Item, to Dande Doule, that the King tynt on ane wedfee, xiiij s.

a1605 A. Montgomerie Devotional Poems in Poems (1910) iii. 7 Sleep na mair in sleuth and sin, Bot..richtly rin That hevinly wedfie for to win Vhilk he prepairs for his.

1620 in A. Maxwell Hist. Old Dundee (1884) 408 [He] put in the hands of Thomas Scot..twa double-angels of gold upon ane woodfie betwix himself and Alexander Hering.

1664 Rutherford's Joshua Redivivus i. xxviii. 66 It is folly then for men to say, this is not Christs plea, he will lose the wed-fee, men are like to beguile him: that were indeed a strange play.

wed-fere n. a spouse.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [noun] > spouse, consort, or partner

ferec975

matchOE

makec1175

spousea1200

lemanc1275

fellowc1350

likea1393

wed-ferea1400

partyc1443

espouse?c1450

bedfellow1490

yokefellow?1542

espousal1543

spouse1548

mate1549

marrow1554

paragon1557

yokemate1567

partner1577

better halfa1586

twin1592

moiety1611

copemate1631

consort1634

half-marrow1637

matrimonya1640

helpmeet1661

other half1667

helpmate1715

spousie1735

life companion1763

worse half1783

life partner1809

domestic partner1815

ball and chain1921

lover1969

a1400 Sir Beues (A) 3168 I trowe, he is nouȝt now here, þat schel be me wedde-fere!

wed-keeper n. a stakeholder.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > one to whom guarantee is given

wed-keeper1591

warrantee1706

guarantee1853

1591 R. Bruce Serm. Edinb. i. sig. C4^v For as to this conscience, it is a faithfull wed~keeper: the gages that it receiveth, it randeris.

wedman n. a married man; plural married people.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [noun] > married people

weddedc1230

spouseda1400

wedmana1500

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [noun]

wedmana1500

brown-bagger1947

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 129 We sely wedmen Dre mekyll wo.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 41 Me thynk my hert ryfys,..To se sich stryfys Wedmen emong.

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 806/22 Hic sponsus, a wedman.

wed-shooting n. (Scottishwad-shooting) shooting for a prize.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > [noun]

shooting match1750

wed-shooting1792

target1825

shoot1892

wappenschaw1899

1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. II. 509 Many amuse themselves..with shooting for prizes, called here wad-shooting.

wed-spite adj. = spite-wed adj.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

a1577 T. Smith Oration i, in J. Strype Life (1698) (modernized text) App. iii. 24 You may well be called Mr. Agamus, or Misogamus, Surnamed in right English, Wedspite, or Spitewed. For I never heard Man speak so despitefully against Wedding and Marriage of the Queens Majesty in my Life.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

wedadj.

Brit.

/wɛd/, U.S.

/wɛd/

Etymology: past participle of wed v.

rare.

= wedded adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [adjective]

wedded?a800

spousedc1300

weda1400

marriedc1400

boundenc1426

conjugate1471

nuptial?1585

yoked1607

continuous1642

wedlock-bound1667

coupled1672

conjugated1690

partnered1775

mated1821

attached1898

a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 5 The sexte commandement forbeddes vs..to foly fleschely with any womane owþer..wedde or unwedde.

?a1400 Morte Arth. 700 This werre..That warnes me wyrchippe of my wedde lorde.

c1440 Alphabet of Tales xxxv. 25 He was a wed man.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XI xlvi. 126 A rib's a thorn in a wed Gallant's side, Requires decorum.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

wedv.

Brit.

/wɛd/, U.S.

/wɛd/

Forms: Inflected wedded (also wed), wedding. Forms: Old English weddian, Middle English weddenn, Middle English wedden, weddi, weddy, Middle English wedd, (Middle English weed, Middle English weede, wid, weddon), Middle English–1500s wedde, 1700s–1800s Scottish wad, Middle English– wed.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English węddian corresponds to Old Frisian weddia , Middle Low German wedden , Old High German wettôn (Middle High German, modern German wetten ), to pledge, wager, Old Norse veðja to pledge, Gothic ga-wadjōn to espouse (ἁρμόζεσθαι ) < Old Germanic *wađjōjan , < *wađjo-m wed n.The form wed in the past tense is now only dialectal; in the past participle it is common dialect but otherwise rare except in poetry.

†1. intransitive. To engage, covenant (to do something). Only Old English (Const. genitive or to with infinitive.)

ΚΠ

a1000 Laws Æthelstan (Liebermann) §23 Gif hwa ordales weddige, ðonne cume he [etc.].

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xxii. 5 And hig.. him weddedon feoh to syllenne.

2. transitive. To wager, stake (e.g. money, one's life, one's head). Obsolete exc. Scottish and northern.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > bet (money, etc.)

laya1300

wed1362

to lay downc1430

setc1460

jeopardc1470

wage1484

holda1500

pary?a1505

to stake down1565

stake1591

gagec1598

bet?a1600

go1607

wagera1616

abet1617

impone1702

sport1706

stand1795

gamble1813

parlay1828

ante1846

to put on1890

plunge1919

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iv. 129 And ȝif þou worchest hit in wit Ich wedde boþe myn Eres, Þat lawe schal ben a laborer.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iii. 36 My lyf ich dar wedde, He shal lese for hure loue a lappe of trewe charite.

c1430 Chev. Assigne 27 & þat dare I my hedde wedde.

1560 Peebles Burgh Rec. (1872) 262 Stene Robesone weddit ten merkis of money aganes the said tar barrell that scho suld nocht mary the said king of Swane.

c1600 A. Montgomerie Sonn. xlvi. 8 Shute on; lat sie vho first my wedfie wins; For I will wed ane apple and a nute.

1786 R. Burns Poems 34 Or faith! I'll wad my new pleugh-pettle, Ye'll see't or lang.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 291 I'll wad ye a plack, as we say in the north, that you get the pardon from the king.

1843 in T. Doubleday Coquet-Dale Fishing Songs (1852) 110 I'se wad a pund, when night comes round, That, creel for creel, we bang them a'!

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Wad, to pledge; to bet.

1894 A. Reid Sangs Heatherland 54 I'll wad that sune our neebors' heids Will doors and windocks thrang.

3. To marry. (Common in dialects; otherwise only literary.)

a. transitive. Originally: to make (a woman) one's wife by the giving of a pledge or earnest. More fully †to wed (a woman) to wife, to or unto his wife. Hence, of a person of either sex: to take in marriage; to become the spouse of (a person) by participating in a prescribed ceremony or formal act.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (intransitive)] > of a man

to wed (a woman) to wifea1000

brideOE

i-wivec1000

wiveOE

to wed (a) wife1297

to lead (a bride) to the altar, to church1530

to wive it1583

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > a woman

weda1000

brideOE

spousec1300

wed to warisonc1330

to take to matrimonyc1400

wivec1425

to make (a woman) an honest woman1562

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)]

bewedc1000

bespousec1175

wieldc1275

marrish1340

wedc1380

geta1393

takea1400

espouse?1435

marry1441

couplec1540

contract1599

to take on1611

consort?1615

to take to one's bosom1881

nuptial1887

a1000 Laws Edmund, Be wifmannes beweddunge (Liebermann) §1 Gif man mædan oððe wif weddian wille, & hit swa hire & freondan gelicige, [etc.].

a1000 Laws Edmund, Be wifmannes beweddunge (Liebermann) §6 Gif hy þonne ælces þinges sammæle beon, ðonne fon magas to & weddian heora magan to wife.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11100 Þis maiden he gon wedde and nom heo to his bedde.

c1275 Laȝamon Brut l. 2246 A king of Britayne. hadde hire i-wedded [c1275 Calig. biwedded].

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1090 Two ðor weren quam him ðogte ear To wedden his two dogtres ðear. Loth hem warnede.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1422 Wolde he be my worldly make & weddy me to wyue.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2012 & she hym wedede after þan þat was hure fader fo.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 772 Quat-kyn þyng may be þat lambe, Þat þe wolde wedde vnto hys vyf?

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xv. 70 Þe lady had mykill sorow þat scho had wedded him.

1485 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 48 My lord Schanchler publyshed in the Parlament house the same day, that the Kings gud grace shall weede my lady Elizabeth.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxii. 216 I wyll wed her to my wyfe.

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Matrimonie f. xiiii* With thys ring I thee wed.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wedde, denubo, for the woman; desponso, for the man.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 928 Wed ane worthie to wyfe.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. ii. 104 If you loue her, then to morow wed her.

1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding iv. i, in Comedies & Trag. 124 Pars. If she be my wife Sir? I have wedded her and Bedded her, what other Ceremonies would you have?

1792 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum IV. 362 And or I wad anither jad, I'll wallop in a tow.

1816 J. Wilson City of Plague i. iv. 248 The husband, now no longer tied May wed a new and blushing bride.

1856 W. E. Aytoun Bothwell i. xxiv I wed A trembling, sickly, shrewish dame, And put her from my bed.

1873 W. Black Princess of Thule ix. 139 To think that your aunt would forbid your wedding a king's daughter!

figurative.c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 339 Cristis Chirche is his Spouse... And fer be it fro Cristene men to graunte þat Crist haþ weddid þe fend.c1450 Godstow Reg. 15 O true valeyntyne is oure lord to me... With his blode, Seynt dauid! he did me wedde.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. i. 94 Come come in wooing sorrow lets be briefe, Since wedding it, there is such length in griefe. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 216 They led the Vine To wed her Elm. 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada ii. iii. iii. 113 In gaining him, I gain that Fortune too Which he has Wedded, and which I but Wooe.1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 229 As woodbine weds the plant within her reach.

†b. Phrase. to wed (a) wife: to get married.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (intransitive)] > of a man

to wed (a woman) to wifea1000

brideOE

i-wivec1000

wiveOE

to wed (a) wife1297

to lead (a bride) to the altar, to church1530

to wive it1583

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6798 Me sede þe king þat he moste nede wede wif.

c1325 Lai le Freine 248 Than was ther..A riche knight..yong, and joliue; And had nought yete y-wedded wiue.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. x. 149 He hath wedded a wyf with-inne this syx monethes.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3216 Abraham wald in his lijf þat ysaac had wedded a wijf.

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 109 The fader of Gefrey Plauntgenet wedded a wyf only for beuté.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 124^v To one demaundyng when best season wer to wedde a wife.

a. To bind (the contracting parties) in wedlock; to conduct the marriage ceremony for (a man and woman); also absol.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > join in marriage

wedOE

join1297

spousec1325

bind1330

couplea1340

to put togethera1387

conjoin1447

accouple1548

matea1593

solemnize1592

espouse1599

faggot1607

noose1664

to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700

rivet1700

to tie the knot1718

buckle1724

unite1728

tack1732

wedlock1737

marry1749

splice1751

to turn off1759

to tie up1894

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > celebrate (a marriage) [verb (transitive)] > marry (of priest or functionary)

wedOE

sacrec1425

marry1530

espouse1599

to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700

unite1728

OE Rule of Chrodegang (Napier) 81 Brydguman & bryde mid gebedum & mid ofringum mæssepreost sceal bletsian & weddian hi & betæcan hi be lagum.

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 21 Alle preestys þat..weddyn ony oþere but here owyn parysschenys wyth-oute leve, or weddyn wyth-oute þe banys askyd.

c1450 Godstow Reg. 1 Alle men of religion þat howselith, or weddith, or anelith any man or woman, with-out leve.

c1450 Contin. Brut 425 The Erchebisshop of Caunturburi..weddid hem togederis there by ordynaunce of God and holy chirche.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxii. 214 How Huon..went to Rome to the pope, who weddyd togyther Huon and the fayr Esclaramonde.

1546 in W. Page Certificates Chantries County of York (1895) II. 228 The sayd incumbent shuld..burye, wedde, and christen wythin the sayd chappell.

1876 R. Broughton Joan III. i. xxxii. 24 The Helmsley Courier devotes three columns to the describing of..how they were clad, who wed them, and who looked on.

b. To give (a woman) in marriage; to cause to be married.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > give in marriage

spousea1225

marryc1325

(to give, have) to warisonc1330

to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1340

wedc1374

betakea1382

bestowc1405

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 863 And whi here fader tarieth so longe To wedden here vn-to som worthi wight.

c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 47 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 130 Þe kinge of þat cunctre of nev his douchter vedit had.

1843 J. S. Knowles Secretary ii. i. 21 My father cannot wed me 'gainst my will.

5. passive. To be joined in wedlock; to be married †with, †unto, to (a husband or wife); also, to be joined together as husband and wife.

ΚΠ

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1990 & forr þi wass ȝho till iosæp Wiþþ godess laȝhe weddedd.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1942 & ȝuw birrþ witenn þatt ȝho wass. Weddedd þurrh godess wille. Wiþþ an weppmann off hire kinn.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 289 Ach þach ha were iwedded him. ha muchte iwurðen se unwrest [etc.].

c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1127 To-mo[r]we ye sholen ben weddeth, And, maugre þin, to-gidere beddeth.

138. J. Wyclif Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 334 She lyvede sevene ȝeer wiþ hir hosebonde þat was weddid wiþ hir fro her maidenhod.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour xlvii–xlix. 66 After the knight was wedded to another wiff, and he and the secounde wiff leued togedre .v. yere.

1529 J. Frith Pistle Christen Reader lvi. sig. Mviii^v The Pope sayeth.., my prestes also shall not be wedded.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 231 Cecilie..was wedded to Thomas Greie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 36 In Syracusa was I borne, and wedde Vnto a woman, happy but for me.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 828 And Adam wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her enjoying, I extinct.

1673 J. Wade Vinegar & Mustard (1873) 21 Before that ever we were wed.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. x. 177 When I returned..I found her wedded to a Gascon squire.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §1. 162 Eleanor the daughter of Simon of Montfort..was wedded to him [Llewelyn] at the English court.

figurative.c1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 131 Hir hart was to him weddid with a Ringe.a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xl. 253 Ihesu, my soule is weddet to þe.

6. intransitive (†also reflexive). To enter into the matrimonial state; to take a wife or husband; to contract matrimony. Const. †to, with.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (intransitive)]

weda1225

marrya1325

spousec1390

to make matrimonyc1400

intermarry1528

contract1530

to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1535

to make a match1547

yoke1567

match1569

mate1589

to go to church (with a person)1600

to put one's neck in a noosec1600

paira1616

to join giblets1647

buckle1693

espouse1693

to change (alter) one's condition1712

to tie the knot1718

to marry out1727

to wedlock it1737

solemnize1748

forgather1768

unite1769

connubiate1814

conjugalize1823

connubialize1870

splice1874

to get hitched up1890

to hook up1903

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (reflexive)]

spousea1225

weda1225

spouse1340

marryc1350

matchc1400

mingle1487

nuptialize1678

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 271 Nalde him betere liken þenne þet me seide him. þet ha gleode & gomenede. & wedde wið odre men. & liuede indelices.

c1393 G. Chaucer Mariage 18 Bet ys to wedde than brenne in worse wise.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 170/1 Aurelyan..came to domycelle for to wedde and accomplissh the maryage by force ageynst hir wyll.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 778/2 There be seasons forbydden to wedde in.

1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. Av^v Who wedth ere he be wyse, shall dye ere he thryue.

1592 T. Kyd Trueth Murthering of Brewen 6 But if I were so minded (quoth he) I would be twice aduised how I did wed with such a strumpet as thy selfe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. ii. 17 Hee'll wooe a thousand,..Yet neuer meanes to wed where he hath woo'd.

1619 J. Dyke Counterpoison 21 And yet how many sticke not to wed to the Canaanites..?

1721 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) II. 248 A Country Fellow had the Misfortune to wed with one of the Godly.

1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 554 As if the poet, purposing to wed, Should carve himself a wife in gingerbread.

1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 51 Yet..there were times of joy, (The day they wed, the Christening of the Boy).

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1839) IV. 59 Alas! alas! this is the misery of it, that so many wed and so few are Christianly married!

1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 12 And may you..live to wed with her whom first you love.

1884 H. Spencer in Contemp. Rev. Feb. 155 Dissenters..were made free to wed by a purely civil rite.

figurative.a1225 Leg. Kath. 1517 He haueð iweddet him to mi meiðhad mit te ring of rihte bileaue.1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 243 [The Thames] flieth through Berks, Buck: Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, and Essex; and so weddeth himselfe with the Kentish Medway.

7. transitive. To unite as in marriage.

a. To attach (a person, his thoughts, etc.) indissolubly by affection to something. Chiefly in passive, to be obstinately attached to (an opinion, one's own will, a habit, a faction, etc.). Also (rarely) reflexive, to addict or devote oneself to a party.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > make obstinate or stubborn [verb (transitive)] > be obstinately attached to (an opinion, etc.)

wedc1397

to steek to ——1535

opiniatre1652

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > do habitually [verb (transitive)] > accustom (a person) > addict

wedc1397

addict1562

enslave1650

c1397 G. Chaucer Lack Stedf. 28 (MS. Cotton) O prince..Drede god..And wed thi folk ayen to stedfastnesse.

1421 26 Pol. Poems xviii. 6 Swete þouȝt in deuocion, Is weddid to chastite.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes sig. 279^v This Pompeius..wedded hymselfe wholly to the faccion of Sylla.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxxxj^v The kyng perceived & knewe well, that the quene was wedded to her awne opinion.

1562 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tounge (new ed.) ii. xl, in Wks. sig. Lij^v I was wedded vnto my wyll.

1575 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucolics To Indifferent Rdr. The Bucolikes of Virgil..I haue translated into the Englishe tongue, wedding my selfe (as it were) to y^e vulgar and common phrase of speach.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. i. §5. 9 It highly commends his diligence and iudgement, that he was not so wedded to any author, as affected with the loue of truth.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. vii. xxxi. 47 They are so wedded to superstition, that some adore the Devil.

1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 45 Nations..are very apt to be wedded to their own Ways and Methods.

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 20 The frivolous Cares that wed you to the Town.

1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. vi. 27 Your Honour has it in your Power to wed me still closer to your Interest.

c1750 W. Shenstone Love & Honour 88 The love That weds each bosom to its native soil.

1800 T. Campbell Scene in Bavaria xvii Then wed thee to an exile's lot.

1866 A. Trollope Claverings iii He was not wedded to the joys of his college hall, or the college common room.

1887 S. Colvin Keats ii. 34 Ready to entertain..any set of ideas.., he could never wed himself to any as representing ultimate truth.

1889 M. E. Kennard Landing Prize viii You have been wedded to your comforts all your life.

1913 W. Wilson New Freedom vi. 119 There are those, of course, who are wedded to the old ways.

†b. To unite by liking or custom with. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 364 And errour in weiyng of þis love makiþ many fals weddingis; as men ben weddid wiþ þer habitis, and þer custumes, and þer singular maners, as ȝif þei weren Cristis comaundementis.

†c. To commit or pledge (a person) irrevocably to a course of action. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > engage (a person)

ensurec1400

firm1530

wed1578

engage1603

ink1940

contract1961

1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 251 Hauing maried a woman which did but dishonour the countrey, and had wedded him vnto a war so daungerous, as [etc.].

d. To join or couple (a thing) intimately with or to something else; to associate closely together.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > join (together) [verb (transitive)] > join closely, intimately, or permanently

tiec1000

limea1225

knit1340

sold1388

marryc1450

compact1530

spear?1548

solder1589

cementc1604

ferruminate1623

bewed1674

weld1802

wed1818

Siamese1830

intermarry1863

to pull together1925

mate1959

1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 72 Above his head, Four lily stalks did their white honours wed To make a coronal.

1839 T. Hood Storm at Hastings x Whilst we were panting with the sultry weather, And hardly cared to wed two words together.

1851 B. F. Westcott Introd. Study Gospels (1860) i. 78 The LXX. wedded Greek language to Hebrew thought.

1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. ii. 46 The Ecclesiastical Polity remains a book in which matter and manner are wedded as in few other books of the same kind.

1891 Lindley's New Holidays in Essex 38 There is an excellent thing locally wedded with Blackwater boating. It is sausages.

†8. To espouse, adopt (a cause, a course of conduct, a custom, etc.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > a cause, principle, etc. > give support to a cause or principle

beclipc1380

to take up1502

to stick to ——?1531

espouse1595

spouse1603

wed1626

1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 4 Men, who willingly wed the manners, and affections of those on whom they see theyr fortunes depend.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 21 And though..most of the principal men of the House of Commons were again elected to serve in this Parliament, yet they were far from wedding the War.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 101 Most of the King's Privy-Council..now as frankly wedded that Interest as any of the Leaders.

1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the First 5 O lead my Mind,..And fix my firm Resolve Wisdom to wed.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. ii. 18 Or, in milder language, They have wedded their delusions: fire nor steel, nor any sharpness of Experience, shall sever the bond.

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n.?a900

adj.a1400

v.a1000

单词	wed
释义	wedn. Brit. /wɛd/, U.S. /wɛd/ Forms: Also Old English, Middle English wedd, Middle English–1500s wedde, (Middle English wede, weed); Middle English–1800s Scottish wad, (Middle English vad), 1800s Scottish and dialect wadd; 1600s wade. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English wed(d neuter = Old Frisian wed neuter, pledge, covenant, Old Saxon weddi neuter, pledge (Middle Low German wedde pledge, wager, etc.), (Middle) Dutch wedde (feminine), wages, Old High German wetti neuter (Middle High German wette , wet neuter, feminine, pledge, wager, etc., modern German wette (feminine), wager), Old Norse veð neuter, pledge (Middle Swedish väþ neuter, pledge, wager, Swedish väd neuter, wager), Gothic wadi neuter, earnest-money, pledge < Old Germanic wađjo-m , cognate with Latin vadem* (vas ) masculine, surety (whence vadimōnium bail), Lithuanian wadúoti to redeem a pledge. The Old Germanic word was adopted in the Romance languages: see gage n.¹, wage n. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. a. A pledge, something deposited as security for a payment or the fulfilment of an obligation; sometimes of a person, a hostage. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a pledge or security > pledge deposit borrowa975 weda1122 security1444 pawn1479 pledge1490 collateral1887 a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1016 & heora freondscipe þær gefæstnodon, ge mid wedde ge mid aþe. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 288 Ne telleð me him god fere. þe leið his wed ingyrie to acwiten ut his fere. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 70 He haþ hewe sumwher a burþen of brere, þarefore sum hayward haþ taken ys wed. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 244 I lerned amonge Lumbardes and Iewes a lessoun..to legge a wedde and lese it. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xviii. 7 He shal ȝeelde the wed [L. pignus] to the dettour. c1389 Eng. Gilds (1870) 91 And qwo-so come after prime be smeten, he shal pay jd, or leye a wed. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6798 If þat þou..O pur man tas wedd o clath, Yeil[d] a-gain þat clath..Ar sun ga dun þat ilk dai. 1436 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 107 Item I wolle that the prioresse & the house of Chesthunt haue freely theire Weddys ayen withouten any mony payenge. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 519/1 Wedde, or thynge leyyd yn plegge, vadium, pignus. c1450 Godstow Reg. 155 And he nother his heires shold never take wedde of the forsaide Anneys or of her assignes. 1458 Forman's Monumt. Christ's Hosp., Abingdon 70 For now is Culham hithe i com to an ende,..Few folke there were coude that wey wende, But they waged a wed or payed of her purse. c1503 tr. Charter of London in R. Arnold Chron. f. v^v/2 Yf any man of our landis..take any tolle or custume of the citezens of london other wyse than they shuld the sherefs of london shall take wed of hem at london. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages Prol. sig. A.iij My buke to borrow, greitlie scho did Inquyre Ane wed thairfoir scho said scho wald doun lay. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 49 Some things are borrowed and lent, be giving and receaving of ane wad. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem Stat. Alex. II, 18 And gif he may not giue wades..he sall remaine as wade: aye and quhill he enter the pledges, quhilkis he promised. 1776 D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. Gloss. Wad or wed, pledge, wager, pawn. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. vii. 190 I thought the chield Morris looked devilish queer when I determined he should remain a wad, or hostage, for my safe back-coming. b. figurative, or in reference to staking one's life (cf. 2c, 4). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a pledge or security warrantisea1300 surancec1300 borrow-gage1303 suretyc1330 wage1338 wed1340 again-behotera1382 hostagec1400 sickeringa1450 gage1486 soverty1488 vadimonyc1503 pledge1526 slauntiagh1535 band1596 mortgage1598 ward and warsela1600 covenant1644 guaranty1697 security1711 guaranteeship1715 cautionment1815 guarantee1832 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 102 Þis adopcion is ase weddes ase zayþ saynte paul huerby we byþ zikere þet we ssolle habbe þe eritage of oure uader. [Cf. Vulgate pignus, Eph. i. 14.] 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iii. 195 Hedde I be Marchal of his Men..I durste haue I-leid my lyf, and no lasse wed, He hedde beo lord of þat lond. 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 309 And ho so grucche or grone, aȝeins her grette willes, May lese her lyff lyghtly, and no lesse weddis. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2984 No les wed þen lyvis! c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 624 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 314 For oure sawete one quhi[l]k [tree] vas he put, & his blud schede, & for ws put nane vthir wed. c1530 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 59 He that lawith at a mynstrels worde, gevith to hym a wedde. †c. A nuptial pledge or promise. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > marriage vows or bonds > [noun] > vow eeOE wedlocka1100 wed1390 marriagec1395 marriage vow1602 bed-vow1609 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 94 Bot ferst, er thou be sped, Thou schalt me leve such a wedd, That I wol have thi trowthe in honde That thou schalt be myn housebonde. c1480 (a1400) St. Agnes 400 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 357 Here-of in vitnesyng remanis ay þe forsad ryng one þe fyngire of þat ymag of vad of weding in-to vag. †2. In various phrases the noun assumes the contextual sense: The condition of being pawned, mortgaged, given up as a hostage, etc. (Cf. pledge n. 3) Obsolete. a. to, in wed: as a pledge or hostage. in wed of: as security for (a payment, etc.).For dead wed n. at dead adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2 (= mortgage n.) see dead adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [adverb] to, in wedOE to warec1460 borrow1489 (to give) under gage, upon gage1523 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [adverb] > as security for in wed of1488 OE Beowulf 2998 Ond þa Iofore forgeaf angan dohtor, hamweorðunge, hyldo to wedde. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2198 Ðis symeon bi-lef ðor in bond To wedde under Iosepes hond. c1440 Gesta Romanorum xxiv. 88 But if þou pay now, I shal holde thi wif to wed, tyll tyme þat I be paied fully my salary. 1460 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 405 That na induellande of this burgh..tak in wed ony gudis that Wat Cutlaris wife bryngis for ony penyworthis oythir than dry siluer. 1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 98 [13l. 10s.] quhilk he had gevin away at the Kingis command, and had the Thesauraris signet in wed tharof. 1530 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 28 Item, that na maner of parsonis man nor woman tak ony claith in wedd fra vtheris. 1561 Burgh Rec. Stirling (1887) 79 Ane chenyie of gold..quhilk the Lady Caterene..deliverit him in wed of the sowme of ane hundreth and tuenty merkis. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 333 The Scotis sulde gyue Cumbirland,..in wedd of payment of the hail soume. †b. to set, put, lay to or in wed, to betake on wed: to pawn, pledge (valuables), to deposit (money) as security; to mortgage (land); to give up (a person) as a hostage. to take out of wed: to redeem (something pledged). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)] > a person to set, put, lay to or in wed?a900 lay1297 hostage1624 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (transitive)] > borrow money on security > specific to mortgage (land) to set, put, lay to or in wed?a900 wadsetc1330 to give (also have, lay, put, take) to pledgea1529 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (transitive)] > pawn to give (also have, lay, put, take) to pledgec1384 to set, put, lay to or in wedc1384 engage1525 pawn1570 to lay (up) in lavender1584 impawn1598 oppignorate1622 pignorate1623 dip1640 to put to lumber1671 vamp1699 pop1731 sweatc1800 spout1811 lumber1819 up the spout1819 hock1878 soak1882 to put away1887 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (transitive)] > pawn > redeem from pawn or pledge to pledge out1446 raquite1454 redeem1474 to take out of wed1483 in-borrow1541 inquit1541 disimpawn1631 ?a900 Ælfred's Dooms xxxvi Gif mon..hrægl.. to wedde selle. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12562 Mi lond ich wulle sette to wedde for seoluere. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8083 He..leide willam is broþer to wedde normandye & borowede þer uppe of him an hondred þousend marc. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Amos ii. 8 And on clothis leyde to wedde thei eeten bysidis eche auter. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. V. 31 Hym was levere legge to wedde [L. distrahere] his vessel of silver and of gold..þan greve provinces and londes and þe senatoures. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 4904 And yf he stire you and meeve Your jewels ley in wedde, certein he Lovethe your estate and prosperitee. 1430 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 38/2 Wyt yhe me in my strenyeand myster til haf put in wede til my lowyt..frend Andro Osteler..al the landis of [etc.]. 1450 Rolls of Parl. V. 205/2 His plate and other goodes sold, and in wed layed. 1462 in Spalding Club Misc. V. 22 His tua sponys..at wer laid in wede to the said Thome. 1483 Cath. Angl. 412/1 To take owt of Wedde, depignerare. a1500 Merchant & Son 162 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 143 Fadur, y schall do my parte to helpe yow owt of peyne, Yf y schulde leye my selfe to wedd, or that ye come ageyne. c1500 Lyt. Geste Robyn Hode 212 My londes bethe sette to wedde..To a ryche abbot..Of saynt Mary abbay. c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Dj^v He that sald his swerd or laid it to wed, was degradit of auctorite, and banist as vnworthy creature out of thair cumpany. 1567 in 6th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1877) 643/2 Layd in wed to Maister Robert Rychartson..in pledge of fywe thousand pundis thir jowellis after following. 1573 in Inventaires de la Royne Descosse (Bannatyne Club) Pref. p. cliii All that was lefte of the juelles unlayde to wed. 1597 J. S. Cert. Worthye Manvscr. Poems sig. F6 And lay to wed both pot and panne When the fire clean is blowne out. 17.. Druken Wife o' Gallowa v, in D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (1776) II. 39 My Sunday's coat she has laid it a wad. †c. figurative. Often, to lay one's life, head, to wed, used to confirm or guarantee an assertion or an undertaking (cf. 4). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > give assurance or stand surety [verb (intransitive)] to lay one's life, head, to wed971 to find (take) God, Mahoun, St. Blase, St. George, etc. to borrowa1330 again-behotea1382 to make (also do) faitha1382 pledge1458 to make (also give) warrantisea1535 undertake1548 subscribe1600 underwrite1623 seal1633 underwritea1657 hedge1676 vouch1687 to stand surety (or security)1776 to take warrant on oneself1828 stipulate1829 971 Blickl. Hom. 131 Þæs Halgan Gastes, se wæs of heofenum onsended..to wedde þæs heofonlican eþles. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 246 Sir Adam of Stretton fulle hard was he led, Nouht without encheson, I lay my gloue to wed. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 31 Lyf seyth þat he likth and leyth his lif to wedde, Þat [etc.]. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 423 Herby þei myght bye mennis synnes, and laye hor soules in wedde, þat oþer mennis soules shulde be saved. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 95 And thus his trowthe he leith to wedde. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16670 Þare he gaf his suete flesche for ur ranscun in wedd. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xv. 167 Thei..profreden here hedes to wedde, but ȝif it wolde falle as thei seyden. c1400 Gosp. Nicodemus (Galba) 100 Þaire carping þare no thing þou knew, We lay oure heuiddes in wed. 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) viii. xxiv. 194 b The sweord of Arthur he durst not abide, Lest he should lay his lyfe to wed. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 515 My hed to wed Lochlewyn he past to se. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 633 Ȝit feile Sothron left the lyff to wed. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxviii. 369 I dar lay my heede to wed, Or that we go vntill oure bed, That we shall here anothere. a1500 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 247 A leche hath layd hys hed to wed To make a plaster that wolde me please. ?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. B.iiii I warraunt she wyll neuer saye you naye My lyfe I dare laye to wedde. †d. to lie or be to or in wed: to be in pawn. literal and figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (intransitive)] > be in pawn to lie or be to or in wedc1405 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 360 Lat hym be war, his nekke lyth to wedde. ?1464 H. Berry in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 296 For in London lyth to wedde many ryche jowellys of owris. 1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 345 Item..giffin to the Prothonotar, to quit out the Duke of Yorkis broune hors that lay in wed in the toune, xiiij lib. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Gi^v He may rynse a pycher for his plate is to wed. 1556–7 Rec. Inverness (New Spalding Club) I. 5 The forsaid pece of land wes lyand to hyme in wed of ten pundis. †3. Something taken or left that serves as evidence. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > evidence given, testimony > piece of tokenOE witnessa1325 samplec1380 argumentc1384 weda1400 reporta1425 testimonial1495 notea1555 testimony1597 vouchera1616 attestate1630 manifesto1644 deposition1648 vouchee1657 testatur1702 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7706 Fra þe kings aun bedd þus he [sc. David] broght a priue wedd. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4402 Bot for mi cri ful suith he [sc. Joseph] fled And left wit me a taken wedd [Gött. a tokin in wedd]; His mantel es bi-left wit me, þat ilk man þee sothe mai see. 4. A stake in a game or wager. Also figurative. †to lay wed: to wager (cf. 2c). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet [verb (intransitive)] laya1300 to lay wedc1330 stake1530 wager1604 bet1609 gamble1757 sport1760 invest1852 punt1887 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > stake wager1303 wedc1330 wed-feec1475 stake1540 lay1584 lake1636 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > stake wedc1330 set1537 setting1540 stake1540 c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 320 Now boþe her wedde lys, And play þai bi ginne. c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 488 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 21 Lat symon on fer stand fra þe bede, and ȝe sal se, I lay wede, þe fendis craft son onhyde. 1540 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) V. 178 He harde the Kynge say..that He trestyd to gett that proffett that never Kynge of Scottes had, and He shulde other have yt, or yt shulde coste Hym the best wed He had to leysse. 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 166 It is a dear wade, when your Life lies upon last Stake. 1670 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 3) Wed, a gage or pawn; a word still retained in the Country sport, called Pray my Lord a course in your park. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 19 A Wad is a Fool's Argument. Spoken when, after hot disputing, we offer to lay a Wager that we are in the Right. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. Gloss. Wadds, a youthful amusement, wherein much use is made of pledges. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Wadds... In this game, the players being equally divided..each lays down one or more wads or pledges at that extremity where the party, to which he belongs, chuse their station. A boundary being fixed at an equal distance from the extremities, the object is to carry off the wads from the one of these to the other. †5. A gage of battle. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to > token or pledge of challenge gage13.. wedc1330 glovea1400 pledge1590 pawn1597 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8404 Tak ȝe non hede of þeyr grete host, ffor wel ȝe wot þei ar bot bost,..ffor þem our wed schal nought be leued. c1435 in Kingsford Chron. London (1905) 54 ‘This shull I preve with my body, and se here my wedde’: and threwe fforth his hode. Compounds All Obsolete.In the later instances referring to marriage probably directly associated with wed v. wed-bed n. the marriage bed. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > bed bridebedOE bridal beda1547 marriage bed1567 nuptial bed1578 wedding-bed1597 Hymen-bed1598 thore1649 wed-beda1650 geniala1701 nuptial couch1731 wedlock bed1820 a1650 Old Robin 9 in Percy Fol. MS. I. 235 They had not in their wed bed laid, scarcly were both on sleepe, but vpp shee rose. 1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 5 367 Those priests the wed-bed who renounce. wedbedrip n. Law some kind of bedrip n. (the force of wed- is uncertain). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > reaping as duty of tenant bedrip1226 waterbedrip1276 wedbedripc1325 c1325 in W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. (1818) I. 575 Et debet unam Wedbedrip pro voluntate dominæ. wed-breach n. breach of covenant (Old English), adultery. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery eaubruchea1000 mid-lyinga1200 spousebriche?c1225 spousebreachc1275 adulterya1325 spouse-break1357 devoutrie1377 voutrya1382 spouse-breakinga1398 vowtryc1450 vowtrec1475 breach of matrimony1526 wed-breach1638 mechation1656 conjugal infidelity1700 c1020 Wulfstan Homilies xxxiii. 164 Eac syndan wide..þurh aðbrycas and ðurh wed~brycas and ðurh mistlice leasunga forloren and forlogen. 1638 W. Lisle tr. Heliodorus Hist. ii. 29 This crime of wed-breach. wed-break n. [as if Old English wedbreca] an adulterer. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > adulterer eaubruchea1000 eaubrekerec1175 wed-breaka1300 spousebreachc1350 adulterera1382 adulterc1384 spouse-breakera1387 vouterc1386 devoutour1393 wedlock-breakerc1500 devoterer1550 bed-swervera1616 adulterator1632 a1300 E.E. Psalter* xlix. 18 If..with wedbrek [L. cum adulteris] þi dele þou sete. wed-brother n. [compare Old Norse veðbróðir] a sworn brother. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > love between kinsmen > brotherly love > one bound by oath to be as a brother wed-brotherc1100 sworn brothera1325 wedded brothera1450 c1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (MS. D) ann. 1016 Coman begen þa cyningas to gædre..& wurdon feolagan & wed broðra. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7221 Send after mine sune Octa. & æfter..Ebissa his wed-broðer. c1300 K. Horn (Laud) 295 He tok wit him anoþer þat was hornes wed broþer. c1330 Florice & Bl. (Abbotsford Club) 163 We beth wed brethren and trewthe iplight. c1400 Brut (1906) 120 O þow false traitoure! haste þow my trewe wed~broþer slayn for cause of me? wed-fee n. a wager, the prize in a contest. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > stake wager1303 wedc1330 wed-feec1475 stake1540 lay1584 lake1636 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > prize prizea1275 wagerc1450 fee1488 premie?1548 premium1601 wed-feea1605 bravy1663 brabeum1676 premio1728 c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 159 Butte carpe we now of þer othir thre, How þay preuyd hor wedde-fee. 1504–5 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 128 Item, to Dande Doule, that the King tynt on ane wedfee, xiiij s. a1605 A. Montgomerie Devotional Poems in Poems (1910) iii. 7 Sleep na mair in sleuth and sin, Bot..richtly rin That hevinly wedfie for to win Vhilk he prepairs for his. 1620 in A. Maxwell Hist. Old Dundee (1884) 408 [He] put in the hands of Thomas Scot..twa double-angels of gold upon ane woodfie betwix himself and Alexander Hering. 1664 Rutherford's Joshua Redivivus i. xxviii. 66 It is folly then for men to say, this is not Christs plea, he will lose the wed-fee, men are like to beguile him: that were indeed a strange play. wed-fere n. a spouse. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [noun] > spouse, consort, or partner ferec975 matchOE makec1175 spousea1200 lemanc1275 fellowc1350 likea1393 wed-ferea1400 partyc1443 espouse?c1450 bedfellow1490 yokefellow?1542 espousal1543 spouse1548 mate1549 marrow1554 paragon1557 yokemate1567 partner1577 better halfa1586 twin1592 moiety1611 copemate1631 consort1634 half-marrow1637 matrimonya1640 helpmeet1661 other half1667 helpmate1715 spousie1735 life companion1763 worse half1783 life partner1809 domestic partner1815 ball and chain1921 lover1969 a1400 Sir Beues (A) 3168 I trowe, he is nouȝt now here, þat schel be me wedde-fere! wed-keeper n. a stakeholder. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > one to whom guarantee is given wed-keeper1591 warrantee1706 guarantee1853 1591 R. Bruce Serm. Edinb. i. sig. C4^v For as to this conscience, it is a faithfull wed~keeper: the gages that it receiveth, it randeris. wedman n. a married man; plural married people. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [noun] > married people weddedc1230 spouseda1400 wedmana1500 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married man > [noun] wedmana1500 brown-bagger1947 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 129 We sely wedmen Dre mekyll wo. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 41 Me thynk my hert ryfys,..To se sich stryfys Wedmen emong. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 806/22 Hic sponsus, a wedman. wed-shooting n. (Scottishwad-shooting) shooting for a prize. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > [noun] shooting match1750 wed-shooting1792 target1825 shoot1892 wappenschaw1899 1792 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. II. 509 Many amuse themselves..with shooting for prizes, called here wad-shooting. wed-spite adj. = spite-wed adj.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ a1577 T. Smith Oration i, in J. Strype Life (1698) (modernized text) App. iii. 24 You may well be called Mr. Agamus, or Misogamus, Surnamed in right English, Wedspite, or Spitewed. For I never heard Man speak so despitefully against Wedding and Marriage of the Queens Majesty in my Life. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). wedadj. Brit. /wɛd/, U.S. /wɛd/ Etymology: past participle of wed v. rare. = wedded adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [adjective] wedded?a800 spousedc1300 weda1400 marriedc1400 boundenc1426 conjugate1471 nuptial?1585 yoked1607 continuous1642 wedlock-bound1667 coupled1672 conjugated1690 partnered1775 mated1821 attached1898 a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 5 The sexte commandement forbeddes vs..to foly fleschely with any womane owþer..wedde or unwedde. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 700 This werre..That warnes me wyrchippe of my wedde lorde. c1440 Alphabet of Tales xxxv. 25 He was a wed man. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XI xlvi. 126 A rib's a thorn in a wed Gallant's side, Requires decorum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wedv. Brit. /wɛd/, U.S. /wɛd/ Forms: Inflected wedded (also wed), wedding. Forms: Old English weddian, Middle English weddenn, Middle English wedden, weddi, weddy, Middle English wedd, (Middle English weed, Middle English weede, wid, weddon), Middle English–1500s wedde, 1700s–1800s Scottish wad, Middle English– wed. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English węddian corresponds to Old Frisian weddia , Middle Low German wedden , Old High German wettôn (Middle High German, modern German wetten ), to pledge, wager, Old Norse veðja to pledge, Gothic ga-wadjōn to espouse (ἁρμόζεσθαι ) < Old Germanic wađjōjan , < wađjo-m wed n.The form wed in the past tense is now only dialectal; in the past participle it is common dialect but otherwise rare except in poetry. †1. intransitive. To engage, covenant (to do something). Only Old English (Const. genitive or to with infinitive.) ΚΠ a1000 Laws Æthelstan (Liebermann) §23 Gif hwa ordales weddige, ðonne cume he [etc.]. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xxii. 5 And hig.. him weddedon feoh to syllenne. 2. transitive. To wager, stake (e.g. money, one's life, one's head). Obsolete exc. Scottish and northern. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > bet (money, etc.) laya1300 wed1362 to lay downc1430 setc1460 jeopardc1470 wage1484 holda1500 pary?a1505 to stake down1565 stake1591 gagec1598 bet?a1600 go1607 wagera1616 abet1617 impone1702 sport1706 stand1795 gamble1813 parlay1828 ante1846 to put on1890 plunge1919 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iv. 129 And ȝif þou worchest hit in wit Ich wedde boþe myn Eres, Þat lawe schal ben a laborer. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iii. 36 My lyf ich dar wedde, He shal lese for hure loue a lappe of trewe charite. c1430 Chev. Assigne 27 & þat dare I my hedde wedde. 1560 Peebles Burgh Rec. (1872) 262 Stene Robesone weddit ten merkis of money aganes the said tar barrell that scho suld nocht mary the said king of Swane. c1600 A. Montgomerie Sonn. xlvi. 8 Shute on; lat sie vho first my wedfie wins; For I will wed ane apple and a nute. 1786 R. Burns Poems 34 Or faith! I'll wad my new pleugh-pettle, Ye'll see't or lang. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 291 I'll wad ye a plack, as we say in the north, that you get the pardon from the king. 1843 in T. Doubleday Coquet-Dale Fishing Songs (1852) 110 I'se wad a pund, when night comes round, That, creel for creel, we bang them a'! 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Wad, to pledge; to bet. 1894 A. Reid Sangs Heatherland 54 I'll wad that sune our neebors' heids Will doors and windocks thrang. 3. To marry. (Common in dialects; otherwise only literary.) a. transitive. Originally: to make (a woman) one's wife by the giving of a pledge or earnest. More fully †to wed (a woman) to wife, to or unto his wife. Hence, of a person of either sex: to take in marriage; to become the spouse of (a person) by participating in a prescribed ceremony or formal act. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (intransitive)] > of a man to wed (a woman) to wifea1000 brideOE i-wivec1000 wiveOE to wed (a) wife1297 to lead (a bride) to the altar, to church1530 to wive it1583 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > a woman weda1000 brideOE spousec1300 wed to warisonc1330 to take to matrimonyc1400 wivec1425 to make (a woman) an honest woman1562 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] bewedc1000 bespousec1175 wieldc1275 marrish1340 wedc1380 geta1393 takea1400 espouse?1435 marry1441 couplec1540 contract1599 to take on1611 consort?1615 to take to one's bosom1881 nuptial1887 a1000 Laws Edmund, Be wifmannes beweddunge (Liebermann) §1 Gif man mædan oððe wif weddian wille, & hit swa hire & freondan gelicige, [etc.]. a1000 Laws Edmund, Be wifmannes beweddunge (Liebermann) §6 Gif hy þonne ælces þinges sammæle beon, ðonne fon magas to & weddian heora magan to wife. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11100 Þis maiden he gon wedde and nom heo to his bedde. c1275 Laȝamon Brut l. 2246 A king of Britayne. hadde hire i-wedded [c1275 Calig. biwedded]. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1090 Two ðor weren quam him ðogte ear To wedden his two dogtres ðear. Loth hem warnede. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1422 Wolde he be my worldly make & weddy me to wyue. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2012 & she hym wedede after þan þat was hure fader fo. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 772 Quat-kyn þyng may be þat lambe, Þat þe wolde wedde vnto hys vyf? c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xv. 70 Þe lady had mykill sorow þat scho had wedded him. 1485 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 48 My lord Schanchler publyshed in the Parlament house the same day, that the Kings gud grace shall weede my lady Elizabeth. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxii. 216 I wyll wed her to my wyfe. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Matrimonie f. xiiii* With thys ring I thee wed. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wedde, denubo, for the woman; desponso, for the man. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 928 Wed ane worthie to wyfe. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. ii. 104 If you loue her, then to morow wed her. View more context for this quotation 1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding iv. i, in Comedies & Trag. 124 Pars. If she be my wife Sir? I have wedded her and Bedded her, what other Ceremonies would you have? 1792 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum IV. 362 And or I wad anither jad, I'll wallop in a tow. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague i. iv. 248 The husband, now no longer tied May wed a new and blushing bride. 1856 W. E. Aytoun Bothwell i. xxiv I wed A trembling, sickly, shrewish dame, And put her from my bed. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule ix. 139 To think that your aunt would forbid your wedding a king's daughter! figurative.c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 339 Cristis Chirche is his Spouse... And fer be it fro Cristene men to graunte þat Crist haþ weddid þe fend.c1450 Godstow Reg. 15 O true valeyntyne is oure lord to me... With his blode, Seynt dauid! he did me wedde.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. i. 94 Come come in wooing sorrow lets be briefe, Since wedding it, there is such length in griefe. View more context for this quotation1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 216 They led the Vine To wed her Elm. View more context for this quotation1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada ii. iii. iii. 113 In gaining him, I gain that Fortune too Which he has Wedded, and which I but Wooe.1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 229 As woodbine weds the plant within her reach. †b. Phrase. to wed (a) wife: to get married. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (intransitive)] > of a man to wed (a woman) to wifea1000 brideOE i-wivec1000 wiveOE to wed (a) wife1297 to lead (a bride) to the altar, to church1530 to wive it1583 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6798 Me sede þe king þat he moste nede wede wif. c1325 Lai le Freine 248 Than was ther..A riche knight..yong, and joliue; And had nought yete y-wedded wiue. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. x. 149 He hath wedded a wyf with-inne this syx monethes. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3216 Abraham wald in his lijf þat ysaac had wedded a wijf. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 109 The fader of Gefrey Plauntgenet wedded a wyf only for beuté. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 124^v To one demaundyng when best season wer to wedde a wife. 4. a. To bind (the contracting parties) in wedlock; to conduct the marriage ceremony for (a man and woman); also absol. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > join in marriage wedOE join1297 spousec1325 bind1330 couplea1340 to put togethera1387 conjoin1447 accouple1548 matea1593 solemnize1592 espouse1599 faggot1607 noose1664 to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700 rivet1700 to tie the knot1718 buckle1724 unite1728 tack1732 wedlock1737 marry1749 splice1751 to turn off1759 to tie up1894 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > celebrate (a marriage) [verb (transitive)] > marry (of priest or functionary) wedOE sacrec1425 marry1530 espouse1599 to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700 unite1728 OE Rule of Chrodegang (Napier) 81 Brydguman & bryde mid gebedum & mid ofringum mæssepreost sceal bletsian & weddian hi & betæcan hi be lagum. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 21 Alle preestys þat..weddyn ony oþere but here owyn parysschenys wyth-oute leve, or weddyn wyth-oute þe banys askyd. c1450 Godstow Reg. 1 Alle men of religion þat howselith, or weddith, or anelith any man or woman, with-out leve. c1450 Contin. Brut 425 The Erchebisshop of Caunturburi..weddid hem togederis there by ordynaunce of God and holy chirche. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxii. 214 How Huon..went to Rome to the pope, who weddyd togyther Huon and the fayr Esclaramonde. 1546 in W. Page Certificates Chantries County of York (1895) II. 228 The sayd incumbent shuld..burye, wedde, and christen wythin the sayd chappell. 1876 R. Broughton Joan III. i. xxxii. 24 The Helmsley Courier devotes three columns to the describing of..how they were clad, who wed them, and who looked on. b. To give (a woman) in marriage; to cause to be married. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > give in marriage spousea1225 marryc1325 (to give, have) to warisonc1330 to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1340 wedc1374 betakea1382 bestowc1405 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 863 And whi here fader tarieth so longe To wedden here vn-to som worthi wight. c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 47 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 130 Þe kinge of þat cunctre of nev his douchter vedit had. 1843 J. S. Knowles Secretary ii. i. 21 My father cannot wed me 'gainst my will. 5. passive. To be joined in wedlock; to be married †with, †unto, to (a husband or wife); also, to be joined together as husband and wife. ΚΠ c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1990 & forr þi wass ȝho till iosæp Wiþþ godess laȝhe weddedd. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1942 & ȝuw birrþ witenn þatt ȝho wass. Weddedd þurrh godess wille. Wiþþ an weppmann off hire kinn. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 289 Ach þach ha were iwedded him. ha muchte iwurðen se unwrest [etc.]. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1127 To-mo[r]we ye sholen ben weddeth, And, maugre þin, to-gidere beddeth. 138. J. Wyclif Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 334 She lyvede sevene ȝeer wiþ hir hosebonde þat was weddid wiþ hir fro her maidenhod. a1450 Knt. de la Tour xlvii–xlix. 66 After the knight was wedded to another wiff, and he and the secounde wiff leued togedre .v. yere. 1529 J. Frith Pistle Christen Reader lvi. sig. Mviii^v The Pope sayeth.., my prestes also shall not be wedded. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 231 Cecilie..was wedded to Thomas Greie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 36 In Syracusa was I borne, and wedde Vnto a woman, happy but for me. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 828 And Adam wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her enjoying, I extinct. View more context for this quotation 1673 J. Wade Vinegar & Mustard (1873) 21 Before that ever we were wed. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. x. 177 When I returned..I found her wedded to a Gascon squire. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §1. 162 Eleanor the daughter of Simon of Montfort..was wedded to him [Llewelyn] at the English court. figurative.c1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 131 Hir hart was to him weddid with a Ringe.a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xl. 253 Ihesu, my soule is weddet to þe. 6. intransitive (†also reflexive). To enter into the matrimonial state; to take a wife or husband; to contract matrimony. Const. †to, with. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (intransitive)] weda1225 marrya1325 spousec1390 to make matrimonyc1400 intermarry1528 contract1530 to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1535 to make a match1547 yoke1567 match1569 mate1589 to go to church (with a person)1600 to put one's neck in a noosec1600 paira1616 to join giblets1647 buckle1693 espouse1693 to change (alter) one's condition1712 to tie the knot1718 to marry out1727 to wedlock it1737 solemnize1748 forgather1768 unite1769 connubiate1814 conjugalize1823 connubialize1870 splice1874 to get hitched up1890 to hook up1903 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (reflexive)] spousea1225 weda1225 spouse1340 marryc1350 matchc1400 mingle1487 nuptialize1678 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 271 Nalde him betere liken þenne þet me seide him. þet ha gleode & gomenede. & wedde wið odre men. & liuede indelices. c1393 G. Chaucer Mariage 18 Bet ys to wedde than brenne in worse wise. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 170/1 Aurelyan..came to domycelle for to wedde and accomplissh the maryage by force ageynst hir wyll. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 778/2 There be seasons forbydden to wedde in. 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. Av^v Who wedth ere he be wyse, shall dye ere he thryue. 1592 T. Kyd Trueth Murthering of Brewen 6 But if I were so minded (quoth he) I would be twice aduised how I did wed with such a strumpet as thy selfe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. ii. 17 Hee'll wooe a thousand,..Yet neuer meanes to wed where he hath woo'd. View more context for this quotation 1619 J. Dyke Counterpoison 21 And yet how many sticke not to wed to the Canaanites..? 1721 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) II. 248 A Country Fellow had the Misfortune to wed with one of the Godly. 1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 554 As if the poet, purposing to wed, Should carve himself a wife in gingerbread. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 51 Yet..there were times of joy, (The day they wed, the Christening of the Boy). a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1839) IV. 59 Alas! alas! this is the misery of it, that so many wed and so few are Christianly married! 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 12 And may you..live to wed with her whom first you love. 1884 H. Spencer in Contemp. Rev. Feb. 155 Dissenters..were made free to wed by a purely civil rite. figurative.a1225 Leg. Kath. 1517 He haueð iweddet him to mi meiðhad mit te ring of rihte bileaue.1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 243 [The Thames] flieth through Berks, Buck: Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, and Essex; and so weddeth himselfe with the Kentish Medway. 7. transitive. To unite as in marriage. a. To attach (a person, his thoughts, etc.) indissolubly by affection to something. Chiefly in passive, to be obstinately attached to (an opinion, one's own will, a habit, a faction, etc.). Also (rarely) reflexive, to addict or devote oneself to a party. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > make obstinate or stubborn [verb (transitive)] > be obstinately attached to (an opinion, etc.) wedc1397 to steek to ——1535 opiniatre1652 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > do habitually [verb (transitive)] > accustom (a person) > addict wedc1397 addict1562 enslave1650 c1397 G. Chaucer Lack Stedf. 28 (MS. Cotton) O prince..Drede god..And wed thi folk ayen to stedfastnesse. 1421 26 Pol. Poems xviii. 6 Swete þouȝt in deuocion, Is weddid to chastite. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes sig. 279^v This Pompeius..wedded hymselfe wholly to the faccion of Sylla. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxxxj^v The kyng perceived & knewe well, that the quene was wedded to her awne opinion. 1562 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tounge (new ed.) ii. xl, in Wks. sig. Lij^v I was wedded vnto my wyll. 1575 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucolics To Indifferent Rdr. The Bucolikes of Virgil..I haue translated into the Englishe tongue, wedding my selfe (as it were) to y^e vulgar and common phrase of speach. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. i. §5. 9 It highly commends his diligence and iudgement, that he was not so wedded to any author, as affected with the loue of truth. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. vii. xxxi. 47 They are so wedded to superstition, that some adore the Devil. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 45 Nations..are very apt to be wedded to their own Ways and Methods. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 20 The frivolous Cares that wed you to the Town. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. vi. 27 Your Honour has it in your Power to wed me still closer to your Interest. c1750 W. Shenstone Love & Honour 88 The love That weds each bosom to its native soil. 1800 T. Campbell Scene in Bavaria xvii Then wed thee to an exile's lot. 1866 A. Trollope Claverings iii He was not wedded to the joys of his college hall, or the college common room. 1887 S. Colvin Keats ii. 34 Ready to entertain..any set of ideas.., he could never wed himself to any as representing ultimate truth. 1889 M. E. Kennard Landing Prize viii You have been wedded to your comforts all your life. 1913 W. Wilson New Freedom vi. 119 There are those, of course, who are wedded to the old ways. †b. To unite by liking or custom with. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 364 And errour in weiyng of þis love makiþ many fals weddingis; as men ben weddid wiþ þer habitis, and þer custumes, and þer singular maners, as ȝif þei weren Cristis comaundementis. †c. To commit or pledge (a person) irrevocably to a course of action. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > engage (a person) ensurec1400 firm1530 wed1578 engage1603 ink1940 contract1961 1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 251 Hauing maried a woman which did but dishonour the countrey, and had wedded him vnto a war so daungerous, as [etc.]. d. To join or couple (a thing) intimately with or to something else; to associate closely together. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > join (together) [verb (transitive)] > join closely, intimately, or permanently tiec1000 limea1225 knit1340 sold1388 marryc1450 compact1530 spear?1548 solder1589 cementc1604 ferruminate1623 bewed1674 weld1802 wed1818 Siamese1830 intermarry1863 to pull together1925 mate1959 1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 72 Above his head, Four lily stalks did their white honours wed To make a coronal. 1839 T. Hood Storm at Hastings x Whilst we were panting with the sultry weather, And hardly cared to wed two words together. 1851 B. F. Westcott Introd. Study Gospels (1860) i. 78 The LXX. wedded Greek language to Hebrew thought. 1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. ii. 46 The Ecclesiastical Polity remains a book in which matter and manner are wedded as in few other books of the same kind. 1891 Lindley's New Holidays in Essex 38 There is an excellent thing locally wedded with Blackwater boating. It is sausages. †8. To espouse, adopt (a cause, a course of conduct, a custom, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > a cause, principle, etc. > give support to a cause or principle beclipc1380 to take up1502 to stick to ——?1531 espouse1595 spouse1603 wed1626 1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 4 Men, who willingly wed the manners, and affections of those on whom they see theyr fortunes depend. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 21 And though..most of the principal men of the House of Commons were again elected to serve in this Parliament, yet they were far from wedding the War. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 101 Most of the King's Privy-Council..now as frankly wedded that Interest as any of the Leaders. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the First 5 O lead my Mind,..And fix my firm Resolve Wisdom to wed. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. ii. 18 Or, in milder language, They have wedded their delusions: fire nor steel, nor any sharpness of Experience, shall sever the bond. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?a900adj.a1400v.a1000
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