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ge-bedda

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ge-bedda, -bedde [(?) cf. heals-gebedda, Beo. 63], an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§574;
A bed fellow, consort, wife; consors tŏri, uxor
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  • His gebedde [MS. gebedda] wæs gecíged Elisabeth

    his wife was named Elizabeth,

    • Wanl. Catal. 4, 13
    • :
    • Cd. 86; Th. 109, 25
    • ;
    • Gen. 1828
    • .
  • Wolde wígfruma sécan cwén to gebeddan

    the martial leader would seek the queen as bed-companion,

    • Beo. Th. 1334
    • ;
    • B. 665
    • :
    • Runic pm. 29; Kmbl. 345, 16
    • ;
    • Hick. Thes. i. 135, 58
    • .
  • Sægde Lameh leófum gebeddum unárlíc spel

    Lamech told a wicked tale to his dear consorts,

    • Cd. 52; Th. 66, 29
    • ;
    • Gen. 1091
    • .
  • Gebed wíf

    uxor,

    • Mt. Kmbl. pp. 14, 16
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. gi-beddio
:
O. H. Ger. ga-betti or -betta a bed-fellow.
]
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v.  -bedda.
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