† bewedv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To wed, to marry.
ΘΚΠ
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
c1000 Ælfric Exodus xxi. 9 Gif he hig his suna beweddaþ.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 5503 Custance hauede Ælene. biwedded to quene.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. v. 74 Art thou, or na, to Pirrus ȝit bywed?
2. figurative. To unite closely and intimately.
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
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 10 Bewedding to body the things that belong to ghost.
c1721 W. Gibson True Method dieting Horses vii. 105 They will be so much bewedded to Custom.
Derivatives
bewedded adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [adjective]
beweddedc1275
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15954 His biweddede wif.
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