Wed (w&ebreve_;d), n. [AS. wedd; akin to OFries. wed, OD. wedde, OHG, wetti, G. wette a wager, Icel. veð a pledge, Sw. vad a wager, an appeal, Goth. wadi a pledge, Lith. vadůti to redeem (a pledge), LL. vadium, L. vas, vadis, bail, security, vadimonium security, and Gr. &unr_;, &unr_; a prize. Cf. Athlete, Gage a pledge, Wage.] A pledge; a pawn. [Obs.] Gower. Piers Plowman.
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Let him be ware, his neck lieth to wed [i. e., for a security]. Chaucer.
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Wed (?), v. i. To contact matrimony; to marry. “When I shall wed.” Shak.
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