make

English: make (dialectal)

Scots: make, maik, mak

From Old English maca, ġemaca, from Proto-West Germanic *makō, *gamakō, from Proto-Germanic *makô. Compare macche (“bride, equal”).


make

English: make

Scots: mak


horn

English: horn

Scots: horn

Yola: hoorn

From Old English horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nós (with change in gender).

(rare) The metaphorical horn of a cuckold.

A horn (keratinous growth):
The metaphorical horn of a cuckold.


bride

English: bride

Scots: bride

Yola: breede

Inherited from Old English brȳd, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride, daughter-in-law”).


glove

English: glove

→ Zulu: igilavu

Scots: gluive, gluve

Inherited from Old English *glōfa (variant of glōf), from Proto-West Germanic *glōfō, from Proto-Germanic *galōfô; equivalent to y- + love (“palm”).

A glove or gauntlet in various symbolic uses:

Signifying assent, agreement, or the marital compact.

Signifying worthlessness or unimportance.


couple

English: couple

Scots: couple, kipple

Borrowed from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula.

A group of two (especially living beings; never three or more as in modern English):

A couple; two people joined in marriage.


wer

English: wer, were

From Old English wer, from Proto-West Germanic *wer, from Proto-Germanic *weraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós; compare Old Norse verr, Latin vir, Old Prussian wijrs, Sanskrit वीर (vīra).


mariage

English: marriage


binden

binden (infinitive)
to binden (infinitive)
binde (infinitive)
binde (first-person present singular)
band (first-person past singular)
bond (first-person past singular)
bound (first-person past singular)
bindest (present second-person singular)
bounde (past second-person singular)
bonde (past second-person singular)
band (past second-person singular)
bindeth (present singular third-person)
band (past singular third-person)
bond (past singular third-person)
bound (past singular third-person)
binde (present singular subjunctive)
bounde (past singular subjunctive)
bonde (past singular subjunctive)
binde (imperative present singular)
binden (plural present)
binde (plural present)
bounden (past plural)
bounde (past plural)
bonden (past plural)
bonde (past plural)
bindeth (imperative plural present)
binde (imperative plural present)
bindynge (participle present)
bindende (participle present)
bounden (participle past)
bounde (participle past)
ybounden (participle past)
ybounde (participle past)

English: bind

Scots: bind

From Old English bindan, from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną; equivalent to bynde + -en (infinitival suffix).

To take away one's agency; to enthrall:
To enslave, subordinate, or force.

To enter into a socially binding obligation or agreement:

To enter into a marital relationship; to marry.

To force or compel (to perform an action):

(rare, figurative) To end or finish; to wrap up (for the sense, compare Modern English wrap up)


halter

English: halter

Scots: helter, heltir, hilter

Inherited from Old English hælftre, hælfter, from Proto-West Germanic *halftrijā.

(rare) A rope tied in a noose for hanging.

(rare) The binding contract of marriage.


dower

English: dower

Scots: dower

Borrowed from Old French doeire, from Medieval Latin dōtārium; equivalent to dowen + -er. Doublet of dowarye.

(rare) A gift given by the bride's family to the groom or his relatives; dowry.


yok

desc

obsolete <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">yock</i>

English: yoke (obsolete yock)

Middle Scots: ȝok, ȝoke, ȝock, ȝocke, yok, yoke

Scots: yoke, yock

Inherited from Old English ġeoc, from Proto-West Germanic *juk, *jok, from Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.
Forms with a long vowel are either leveled from inflected forms or influenced by the verb yoken, where open-syllable lengthening took place.

(figuratively) Regulation; limits or their imposition:

Regulation; limits or their imposition:
Marriage; the marital bond.


lawe

lawes (plural)
lawen (Early-Middle-English plural)

English: law

Scots: law

Yola: laas (plural)

From Old English lagu, in turn borrowed from Old Norse *lagu, a plural of lag.

The regulations followed by a job or group of people.

A law or the totality of laws active in a community; the law.

The practicing of law; litigation, legal action, or part of it.

One's behaviour, acts, practices, or mode of living:

The method, technique, or way in which something is accomplished.


relicte

English: relict

Borrowed from Middle French relicte, from Late Latin relicta, from Latin relictus, past participle of relinquere.

(uncommon, Late Middle English) undamaged, left alone


alliaunce

English: alliance

Scots: alliance

Borrowed from Old French aliance; equivalent to allien + -aunce.

One's relations via marriage; one's stepfamily.


wyf

wyfes (plural)
wyves (plural)
wyve (plural)

English: wife (see there for further descendants)

Scots: wife

From Old English wīf, from Proto-West Germanic *wīb, from Proto-Germanic *wībą, of uncertain origin.


husbonde

desctree

English: husband
⇒ Chinese: 黑漆板凳 (hēiqī bǎndèng) (obsolete)
→ Japanese: ハズバンド (hazubando)
⇒ English: husbando

Scots: husband

→ Welsh: hwsmon

Inherited from Old English hūsbonda; equivalent to hous + bonde.

A farmer or villein; one who tends to the soil.


cheyne

English: chain

desc

obsolete <i class="Latn mention" lang="sco">chainzie</i>

Scots: cheen, chyne (obsolete chainzie)

Borrowed from Old French chaiene, from Latin catēna.

(figurative) A marital or romantic union; something that links two together.


daschen

daschen (infinitive)
to daschen (infinitive)
dasche (infinitive)
dasche (first-person present singular)
dasched (first-person past singular)
daschest (present second-person singular)
daschedest (past second-person singular)
dascheth (present singular third-person)
dasched (past singular third-person)
dasche (present singular subjunctive)
dasched (past singular subjunctive)
dasche (imperative present singular)
daschen (plural present)
dasche (plural present)
dascheden (past plural)
daschede (past plural)
dascheth (imperative plural present)
dasche (imperative plural present)
daschynge (participle present)
daschende (participle present)
dasched (participle past)
ydasched (participle past)

English: dash

Scots: dash

From the Old Danish ancestor of Danish daske. Equivalent to dasch + -en (infinitival suffix).

(rare, Late Middle English) To ruin a matrimonial bond; to separate partners.


jelousnesse

English: jealousness

Jealousness in a relationship or marriage.

(rare) Passion; romantic or sexual desire.


bridegome

English: bridegroom

Scots: bridegreem

Yola: breedegroom

Inherited from Old English brȳdguma, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdigumō, from Proto-Germanic *brūdigumô; equivalent to bride + gome (“man”).

(theology) God as Christendom's partner.


bridale

English: bridal

Scots: brithal

Inherited from Old English brȳdealo, equivalent to bride + ale (“ale”).

(rare, theology) The "wedding" of humankind and God.


dowen

dowen (infinitive)
to dowen (infinitive)
dowe (infinitive)
dowe (first-person present singular)
dowed (first-person past singular)
dowest (present second-person singular)
dowedest (past second-person singular)
doweth (present singular third-person)
dowed (past singular third-person)
dowe (present singular subjunctive)
dowed (past singular subjunctive)
dowe (imperative present singular)
dowen (plural present)
dowe (plural present)
doweden (past plural)
dowede (past plural)
doweth (imperative plural present)
dowe (imperative plural present)
dowynge (participle present)
dowende (participle present)
dowed (participle past)
ydowed (participle past)

English: dow (obsolete)

Scots: dow

Borrowed from Old French douer, from Latin dōtō.

To give, furnish, or provide with something:

To give or provide something as a dowry.


dowarye

English: dowry

Scots: drurie (obsolete)

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman dowarie, from Medieval Latin dōtārium; equivalent to dowen + -erie. Doublet of dower.

A dower; a life estate of a male spouse's property.


endowable

English: endowable

(rare) Entitled to receive or eligible for dower.


couplen

couplen (infinitive)
to couplen (infinitive)
couple (infinitive)
couple (first-person present singular)
coupled (first-person past singular)
couplest (present second-person singular)
coupledest (past second-person singular)
coupleth (present singular third-person)
coupled (past singular third-person)
couple (present singular subjunctive)
coupled (past singular subjunctive)
couple (imperative present singular)
couplen (plural present)
couple (plural present)
coupleden (past plural)
couplede (past plural)
coupleth (imperative plural present)
couple (imperative plural present)
couplynge (participle present)
couplende (participle present)
coupled (participle past)
ycoupled (participle past)

English: couple

Scots: cowpill (obsolete)

From Old French coupler, from Latin cōpulō; equivalent to couple + -en (infinitival suffix).

To marry or wed; to join in a matrimonial union.


couplynge

English: coupling

The creation of a romantic or marital bond or a marriage.

(rare) The act of leashing dogs two by two.


sovereyn

English: sovereign

Scots: sovereign

Yola: zouvereine, zovereine

From Old French soverain, from Vulgar Latin *superānus.

One's superior or boss; one who one answers to:

A member of local government; a municipal administrator.

One's partner in a marriage; one's spouse.

(rare) Those who preceded or came before.


allien

allien (infinitive)
to allien (infinitive)
allie (infinitive)
allie (first-person present singular)
allied (first-person past singular)
alliest (present second-person singular)
alliedest (past second-person singular)
allieth (present singular third-person)
allied (past singular third-person)
allie (present singular subjunctive)
allied (past singular subjunctive)
allie (imperative present singular)
allien (plural present)
allie (plural present)
allieden (past plural)
alliede (past plural)
allieth (imperative plural present)
allie (imperative plural present)
alliynge (participle present)
alliende (participle present)
allied (participle past)
yallied (participle past)

English: ally

Scots: ally

From Old French alier, from Latin alligō, adligō.


felawshipen

felawshipen (infinitive)
to felawshipen (infinitive)
felawshipe (infinitive)
felawshipe (first-person present singular)
felawshiped (first-person past singular)
felawshipest (present second-person singular)
felawshipedest (past second-person singular)
felawshipeth (present singular third-person)
felawshiped (past singular third-person)
felawshipe (present singular subjunctive)
felawshiped (past singular subjunctive)
felawshipe (imperative present singular)
felawshipen (plural present)
felawshipe (plural present)
felawshipeden (past plural)
felawshipede (past plural)
felawshipeth (imperative plural present)
felawshipe (imperative plural present)
felawshipynge (participle present)
felawshipende (participle present)
felawshiped (participle past)
yfelawshiped (participle past)

English: fellowship

From felaweshipe + -en (infinitival suffix).


wyfly

English: wifely

Scots: wifely (obsolete)

Either from Old English wīflīċ (itself from Proto-West Germanic *wībalīk) or a new formation from wyf + -ly (adjectival suffix).


lordles

English: lordless

From Old English hlāfordlēas; equivalent to lord + -les.


macche

English: match (see there for further descendants)

Scots: match

From Old English mæċċa, ġemæċċa, from Proto-West Germanic *makkjō, *gamakkjō. Compare make (“bride, equal”).

A bride or mate; a romantic or sexual partner.


stedefastnesse

English: steadfastness

Middle Scots: steidfastnes

Inherited from Old English stedefæstnes; equivalent to stedefast + -nesse.

Immutableness, inalterability; the state of being unalterable.

Perdurance; continual existence or endurance.


teyen

enm-verb

teyen (third-person singular simple present teyeth, present participle teyinge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle teyed)

teyeth (present singular third-person)
teyinge (participle present)
teyed (first-person indicative participle past singular third-person)
teyen (infinitive)
to teyen (infinitive)
teye (infinitive)
teye (first-person present singular)
teyed (first-person past singular)
teyde (first-person past singular)
teyest (present second-person singular)
teyedest (past second-person singular)
teydest (past second-person singular)
teyeth (present singular third-person)
teyed (past singular third-person)
teyde (past singular third-person)
teye (present singular subjunctive)
teyed (past singular subjunctive)
teyde (past singular subjunctive)
teye (imperative present singular)
teyen (plural present)
teye (plural present)
teyeden (past plural)
teyede (past plural)
teyden (past plural)
teyde (past plural)
teyeth (imperative plural present)
teye (imperative plural present)
teyinge (participle present)
teyende (participle present)
teyed (participle past)
teyd (participle past)
yteyed (participle past)
yteyd (participle past)

English: tie

Scots: tee, tie

Inherited from Old English tīeġan, *tēġan, from Proto-West Germanic *taugijan, from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną; equivalent to teye (“cord”) + -en (infinitival suffix).

af

To restrain, limit or shackle (especially by tying)


richely

English: richly

Scots: richly

Inherited from Old English rīċlīċe, from Proto-West Germanic *rīkīlīkō, from Proto-Germanic *rīkijalīkô; equivalent to and often remodelled after riche (“rich”) + -ly (adverbial suffix).

Marvelously; in an attractive or majestic way:

With ceremony, rigour, and ritual; reverentially.

Luxuriously; in an extravagant or lavish way.

Copiously, profusely; in an abundant way.


wyfles

English: wifeless, wiveless

Yola: wooveless

Either from Old English wīflēas or a new formation from wyf (“wife”) + -les.