Old English · noun
bedd
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /bedd/[bed]
- Syllables
- bedd (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- bed
Meaning
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bed
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 2:10-11
He said to the lame man, "I say to you, arise, take your bed, and go to your house."
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *badi (oblique form *baddj-), from Proto-Germanic *badją (“resting-place”). Cognate with Old Frisian bed, Old Saxon beddi, Dutch beddi, Old High German betti, Old Norse beðr, Gothic (badi).
Descendants
bed
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