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
-
bride
Declension
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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