Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—W

Wed

is Anglo-Saxon, and means a pledge. The ring is the pledge given by the man to avouch that he will perform his part of the contract.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

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