different between wed vs wid

English

Etymology

From Middle English wedden, weddien, from Old English weddian (“to pledge; wed”), from Proto-West Germanic *waddj?n, from Proto-Germanic *wadj?n? (“to pledge”), from *wadj? (“pledge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wed?- (“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 ??? (vadh??, “bride”). Related also to gage, engage, and wage.

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?d?, IPA^(key): /?w?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Verb

wed (third-person singular simple present weds, present participle wedding, simple past and past participle wed or wedded)

1. (transitive) To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
2. (transitive) To take as one's spouse.
   • 2017 September 27, David Browne, "Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91," Rolling Stone

     In 1989, he wed Playmate Kimberley Conrad, a marriage that ended in 2010. In 2013, he married his younger girlfriend, Crystal Harris, with whom he was still wed at the time of his death.

3. (intransitive) To take a spouse.
4. (reciprocal) To take each other as a spouse.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage.
   • 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious

     Men are wedded to their lusts.
6. (figuratively, intransitive) To take to oneself and support; to espouse.
7. (Northern England, Scotland) To wager, stake, bet, place a bet, make a wager.

Synonyms

• marry

Translations

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Anagrams

• DEW, Dew, dew

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

Verb

wed

1. first-person singular present indicative of wedden
2. imperative of wedden

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch wedde, from Old Dutch *weddi, from Proto-West Germanic *wadi, from Proto-Germanic *wadj?.

Noun

wed n (plural wedden, diminutive wedje n)

1. ford, shallow river crossing
2. drinking place for animals

Synonyms

• (ford): voorde

Related terms

• wad
• waden

English

Etymology

Variant of with.

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?d, IPA^(key): /w?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Preposition

wid

1. (regional) Pronunciation spelling of with.
   • 1893, Stephen Crane, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets [1]

     “An’ wid all d’ bringin’ up she had, how could she?” moaningly she asked of her son. “Wid all d’ talkin’ wid her I did an’ d’ t’ings I tol’ her to remember. When a girl is bringed up d’ way I bringed up Maggie, how kin she go teh d’ devil?”

   • 1922, Eugene O'Neill, The Hairy Ape, [2]

     Oh, there was fine beautiful ships them days—clippers wid tall masts touching the sky—fine strong men in them—men that was sons of the sea as if ’twas the mother that bore them.

   • 1940, Shirley Graham, “It’s Morning,” in Black Female Playwrights, Kathy A Perkins ed. [3]

     Cissie. But, when da saints ob God go marchin’ home

     Mah gal will sing! Wid all da pure, bright stars,

     Tuhgedder wid da mawnin’ stars—She’ll sing!

Related terms

• See with

Anagrams

• D.W.I., DWI, IWD, WDI, dwi-

Belizean Creole

Alternative forms

• wit

Preposition

wid

1. with

References

• Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 372.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *w?daz. Cognate with Old Frisian w?d, Old Saxon w?do and Old Dutch w?do, Old High German w?t, Old Norse víðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi?d/

Adjective

w?d

1. wide, far

Declension

Derived terms

• w?ds?þ

Descendants

• Middle English: wid, wyd
  • English: wide
  • Scots: wid, wyd