Note 894 — Chapter VI · OLD ENGLISH WIFE-PURCHASE YIELDS TO FREE MARRIAGE

This is illustrated by the survival of names originally connected with the betrothal, but now with marriage itself: the English wed, wedding, wedded wife, etc.; the German Gemahl and Gemählin; the French époux and épouse, etc. Sohm, Eheschliessung, 78 n. 6, 56 nn. 74 and 75; idem, Trauung und Verlobung, 82, 83. But Habicht, Altdeutsche Verlobung, 65-67, believes this argument not conclusive.