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Old English · noun

bryd

Normalised brȳd

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/bryːd/
Syllables
bryːd (1 syllable)
Modern English
bride

Meaning

  1. bride

Declension

Declension of bryd
SingularPlural
Nominative brȳdbrȳdebrȳda
Accusative brȳdbrȳdebrȳdebrȳda
Genitive brȳdebrȳda
Dative brȳdebrȳdum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride, daughter-in-law”). Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian brēd (West Frisian breid), Old Saxon brūd (Low German Bruut), Dutch bruid, Old High German brūt (German Braut), Old Norse brúðr (Swedish brud), Gothic (brūþs).

Descendants

bride

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