bride

Etymology 1

From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd (“bride”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bräid (“bride”), West Frisian breid (“bride”), German Low German Bruut (“bride”), Dutch bruid (“bride”), German Braut (“bride”), Danish brud (“bride”), Swedish brud (“bride”).

noun

1. A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
   Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer than the bride. 1746, George Lyttelton, An Irregular Ode
   Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's. 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest
2. (obsolete, figurative) An object ardently loved.

verb

1. (obsolete) to make a bride of

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bride (“bridle”).

noun

1. an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework