Meaning of bewed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To pledge oneself to; betroth; wed; marry.
   transitive
2. To unite closely and intimately; join.
   transitive

Examples

“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.”

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