Old English · proper noun
Beda
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈbe.dɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈbe · dɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- notablyvenerablebede
Meaning
-
a male given name, notably held by the Venerable Bede.
An. DCCXXXIIII Hēr wæs sē mōna swylċe hē wǣre mid blōde begoten, ⁊ forðferdan Tātwine ⁊ Beda.
Year 734 In this year it was as if the moon was covered in blood, and Tatwine and Beda died.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (2)
Etymology
Related to beodan (“announce, offer”) or gebed (“prayer”), two separate Germanic roots that merged in many branches.
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