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BRÝD

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
BRÝD, brío, e; f. One owned or purchased,—
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §132; §167; §299; §390;
A BRIDE, woman about to be married or newly married, a wife, spouse, woman; sponsa, nupta, uxor, mulier
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  • Seó gelaðung is gecweden Cristes brýd and clǽne mǽden

    the church is called Christ's bride and a pure maiden,

      Boutr. Scrd. 19, 39.

  • Brýd

    sponsa,

      Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 57; Wrt. Voc. 50, 39.

  • Brýde láste

    with the step of a bride,

      Cd. 129; Th. 164, 15 ; Gen. 2715.

  • Tyn fǽmnan férdon ongén ðone brýdguman and ða brýde decem virgines exierunt obviam sponso et sponsæ, Mt. Bos. 25, I. Se ðe brýde hæfþ, se ys brýdguma

    qui habet sponsam, sponsus est,

      Jn. Bos. 3, 29.

  • Ðá wæs Adames brýd gáste gegearwod

    then Adam's bride was endued with soul,

      Cd. 10; Th. 12, 16; Gen. 186.

  • Him brýd sunu brohte

    his wife brought to him a son,

      Cd. 58; Th. 71, 16; Gen. 1171.

  • Lothes brýd underbæc beseah

    Lot's wife looked backwards,

      119; Th. 154, 27; Gen. 2562: Beo. Th. 4067; B. 2031.

  • Adam ongan óðres striénan bearnes be brýde,

      Cd. 55; Th. 68, 18; Gen. 1119: 86; Th. 108, 28; Gen. 1813.

  • Loth gelǽdde brýd mid bearnum in Sǽgor

    Lot led his wife with their children into Zoar,

      118; Th. 153, 11; Gen. 2537: 129; Th. 164, 22; Gen. 2718.

  • Neron his brýde ofslóg self mid sweorde

    Nero himself slew his wife with a sword,

      Bt. Met. Fox 9, 60; Met. 9, 30: Beo. Th. 5904; B. 2956: Cd. 125; Th. 159, 21; Gen. 2638.

  • Him brýda twá eaforan féddon

    two wives brought forth offspring to him,

      52; Th. 65, 33; Gen. 1075.

  • Feóllon wergend brýda, bennum seóce

    the defenders of the wives fell, sick with wounds,

      92; Th. 118, 28; Gen. 1972.

  • God me ðás brýd forgeaf

    God gave me this woman,

      26; Th. 33, 27; Gen. 526.
Etymology
[Piers P. burde: Laym. brude: Orm. brid: O. Sax. brúd: Frs. O. Frs. breid: Dut. bruid: Ger. braut: M.H.Ger. O.H.Ger. brút: Goth. bruþs yvfufni nurus : Dan. Swed, brud: Icel, brúðr.]
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v. wíf.
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v.  bríd brýde láste brýt.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “BRÝD.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/5275.

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