bewed
1 synonym for bewed, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To promise to marry someone, or to marry them.
Etymology
Came into English from Middle English biwedden, which developed from Old English beweddian (“to betroth, marry, give security”), itself from Proto-West Germanic *biwaddjōn, made up of be- and wed. It is cognate with Old Frisian biweddia.
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