Old English · noun
gebed
Normalised ġebed
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /jeˈbed/
- Syllables
- je · ˈbed (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- observancereligiousprayerbeadbede
Meaning
-
prayer, religious observance
Hīe tō ġebede fēollon. ― They fell to prayer. (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gabed.
Descendants
bead, bede
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