bewed
/biˈwɛd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Þæt wolde ðyncan wundorlic ælcum men þe on Englalande wæs, gif ænig man ær þam sæde þæt hit swa gewurþan sceolde, for ðam þe he wæs ær to þam swyðe up ahafen swylce he weolde þæs cynges ⁊ ealles Englalandes, ⁊ his sunan wæron eorlas, ⁊ þæs cynges dyrlingas, ⁊ his dohtor þæm cynge beweddod ⁊ beæwnod."
- "[…] You venerable Fates, a vision to see: Approaching the bride-room of Zeus, Or ever bewedded to bridegroom from heaven."
- "As his widowed mother remarries a Moor herself, she metaphorically beweds her husband's killer, leaving Lazarillo in Oedipal anxiety."
Etymology
From Middle English biwedden, from Old English beweddian (“to betroth, marry, give security”), from Proto-West Germanic *biwaddjōn, equivalent to be- + wed. Cognate with Old Frisian biweddia.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /biˈwɛd/
- British English: /biˈwɛd/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
self-bewedding
Frequently Paired Words
self-bewedding