Eldamo : Gnomish : bedhgad

G. bedhgad n. “wedlock” (Category: Wedding, Marriage)

⚠️G. bedhgad, n. “wedlock” (Category: Wedding, Marriage): ᴺS. !best “marriage, matrimony, wedlock, ⚠️wedding”

A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s appearing as G. bedhgad “wedlock”, a combination of the early root ᴱ√Beđ- for marriage words and G. gad “joint” (GL/22, 36). It replaced a more archaic form G. †bedhiod. It also had a variant form besgad whose origin is less clear, but I suspect it is a feminized variant based on G. bess “wife”.

References ✧ GL/22, 36

Glosses

“wedlock” ✧ GL/22

Variations

bedhgad ✧ GL/22; GL/36
besgad ✧ GL/22; GL/36

†bedhiod “wedlock” later formed bedhgad “wedlock” ✧ GL/22
gadweth “union, joining; wedding” = bedhgad ✧ GL/36

Elements

*ᴱ√VEÐE		✧ GL/22 (Beđ)
gad(a)	“joint, link; small lane, track; isthmus”	✧ GL/36 (gad)

Cognates

ᴱQ. vesta “state of marriage”

G. †bedhiod n. “wedlock” (Category: Wedding, Marriage)

See G. bedhgad for discussion.

Reference ✧ GL/22 ✧ “wedlock”

†bedhiod “wedlock” later formed bedhgad “wedlock” ✧ GL/22

Derivations

< *ᴱ√VEÐE ✧ GL/22 (Beđ)

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√Beđ > †bedhiod

[βeðjat] > [beðjat] !!! [beðiat] > [beðiad]

✧ GL/22