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Added 9 October 2026

wed

/ˈwɛd/ symbol

In Latin: maritō, nūbō Wiktionary

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ISO 639-3 language code for Wedau.

verb

To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
The priest wed the couple.
To take as one's spouse.
She wed her first love.
To take a spouse.

Origin

From Middle English wedden, weddien, from Old English weddian (“to pledge; wed”), from Proto-West Germanic *waddjōn, from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (“to pledge”), from *wadją (“pledge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge”). Cognate with Scots wed, wod, wad (“to wed”), Saterland Frisian wädje (“to bet, wager”), West Frisian wedzje (“to bet, wager”), Low German and Dutch wedden (“to bet”), German wetten (“to bet”), Danish vædde (“to bet”), Swedish vädja (“to appeal”), Icelandic veðja (“to bet”); more distantly, to Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́, “bride”). Related also to gage, engage, and wage.

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