Old English · noun

gebedde

Normalised ġebedde

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: weak n-stem
IPA: /jeˈbed.de/
Syllables: je · ˈbed · de (3 syllables)
Modern English: bedfellow lies else

Meaning

female who lies in bed with someone else: bedfellow
wife
female consort

Declension

Declension of gebedde
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ġebedde	ġebeddan
Accusative	ġebeddan	ġebeddan
Genitive	ġebeddan	ġebeddena
Dative	ġebeddan	ġebeddum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gabaddjā, from Proto-Germanic *gabadjǭ. Cognate with Old High German gibetta and Old Norse beðja. Equivalent to ġe- + bedd + -e or ġebedda + -e.

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