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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bryd, Brid, n. Also: bryde. [ME. bryd(e, brid(e, OE. brýd.] A bride.a1400 Leg. S. vi. 114.
Bath the brydgrome & the bryd c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 189.
Quhilk brewis mekle barrat to thy bryd 1511 Treas. Acc. IV. 314.
To ane brid of Leith that met the King in the gait 1571 Sat. P. xxvi. 21.
Efter that, quhen lymmers loust thair bryde, He faucht for ȝow a1570-86 Maitl. F. clxxviii. 118.
The women … man be buskit wp lyk bryddis 1611-57 Mure Misc. P. xxi. 87.
Now … lyk a bryd advance thy chearfull head
