wedt (wed)

[=Sc. wad; ult. E. athlete, etc.); cf. Skt. vadhu, a bride, woman. Hence wed, v., wadset, etc. From the same source, L. or Teut., are ult. E. vadimony, gage, engage, wage, wager, etc.] A pledge; pawn; security. He that lawith at a mynstrels worde gevith to hym a wedde. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 31. Pa age shalt thou pai here under the grene-wode tre, Or els thou shalt leve a wedde with me. Playe of Robyn Hode (Child's Ballads, V. 427). There's nane that gaes by Carter haugh But maun leave him a wad . Either gowd rings, or green mantles. Same as wed. wedge