N. gwedh n. “bond” (Category: Bond)

N. gwedh, n. “bond” (Category: Bond)

References ✧ Ety/WED; PE22/32

Glosses

• “bond” ✧ Ety/WED (gweð)

Variations

• gweð ✧ Ety/WED

Inflections

weð

soft-mutation; gw-mutation

“bond”

✧ Ety/WED; PE22/32

Element In

• ᴺS. !gwedhen “oath-bound, allied”
• ᴺS. !gwedhron “ally, one bound by oath”
• ᴺS. !mawedh “glove”
• S. danwedh “ransom”
• N. angwedh “chain, fetter, (lit.) iron-bond” ✧ Ety/WED (angweð); PE22/32 (ang-weð)

Derivations

• < ON. weda “bond” ✧ Ety/WED
  • < ᴹ✶wedā “bond” ✧ Ety/WED
    • < ᴹ√WED “bind” ✧ Ety/WED

Phonetic Developments

ON. weda > gweð

[weda] > [gweda] > [gweða] > [gweð]

✧ Ety/WED