N. bess n. “woman; †wife” (Category: Woman)

References ✧ Ety/BES, NDIS, NĪ¹; EtyAC/NDIS, NIS

Glosses

• “woman” ✧ Ety/BES; Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NDIS; EtyAC/NIS (bess)

Related

• bess “woman” shift in sense from “wife” assisted by blending with †dess “young woman” ✧ Ety/BES
• bess blended with dess “young woman” ✧ Ety/NDIS
• bess “woman” assisted in conversion of sense by †dess “young woman” ✧ EtyAC/NIS
• †dess does not survive except as to contributing to sense “woman” of bess “woman” ✧ EtyAC/NDIS
• dî replaced by bess “woman” ✧ Ety/BES
• dī “bride, lady” is archaic in the sense “woman” for bess “woman” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹
• dî is blended with bess ✧ EtyAC/NDIS
• dîs replaced by bess “woman” ✧ Ety/BES

Element In

• N. herves “wife” ✧ Ety/BES

Cognates

• ᴹQ. vesse “wife” ✧ Ety/BES
• ON. besse “wife” ✧ Ety/BES

Derivations

• < ᴹ√BED ✧ Ety/NĪ¹; EtyAC/NDIS
• < ON. besse “wife” ✧ Ety/BES; EtyAC/NIS (besse)
  • < ᴹ✶bessē “wife” ✧ Ety/BES
    • < ᴹ√BES “wed” ✧ Ety/BES

Phonetic Developments

ON. besse > bess

[besse] > [bess]

✧ Ety/BES

ᴱN. gweth n. “wife” (Category: Wife)

References ✧ PE13/139, 146, 156

Glosses

• “wife” ✧ PE13/146; PE13/139 (bess)

Variations

• gweth ✧ PE13/139; PE13/146
• bess ✧ PE13/139

Changes

• bess “wife” >> gweth ✧ PE13/139
• gwidhir >> gwethir ✧ PE13/146

Inflections

gwethir	plural		✧ PE13/146
gwidhir	plural		✧ PE13/146
#weth	soft-mutation; gw-mutation	“wife”	✧ PE13/156

Element In

• ᴱN. urweth “without wife” ✧ PE13/156

Cognates

• ᴱQ. vesse “wife” ✧ PE13/146

Derivations

• < *ᴱ√VEÐE ✧ PE13/146 (wed-)

G. bess n. “wife” (Category: Wife)

References ✧ GG/9, 15; GL/22

Glosses

• “wife” ✧ GG/15; GL/22

Variations

• bess ✧ GG/9; GG/15; GL/22

Inflections

bessin	plural	“wives”	✧ GG/15
i·vess	soft-mutation; b-mutation	“the wife”	✧ GG/9

Element In

• G. bessin moron “good wives” ✧ GG/15
• G. bess mora “a good wife” ✧ GG/15

Cognates

• ᴱQ. †veri “wife”

Derivations

• < *ᴱ√VEÐE ✧ GL/22 (Beđ)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√Beđ > bess

[βeðs] > [beðs] > [bess]

✧ GL/22