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Old English · adjective

bedæled

Normalised bedǣled

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/beˈdæː.led/
Syllables
be · ˈdæː · led (3 syllables)
Modern English
depriveddevoid

bedæled1 · adjective

Senses

  1. deprived

    Swā swā fiscas cwelaþ gif hīe of wætre bēoþ, swā ēac cwileþ ǣlċ eorðliċ līchama gif hē biþ þǣre lyfte bedǣled.

    Just as fish die if they're out of the water, every land animal dies if it is deprived of air.

    late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
  2. devoid

    Næfð sē yfela ðā sōðan lufe, ne sē gōda nys hyre bedǣled.

    The evil has not true love, nor is the good devoid of it.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Lord's Ascension"

Declension

bedæled2 · verb · inflected form

Senses

  1. past participle of bedælan

  2. Inflected form of bedælan

All forms (12)

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