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bed-reda

  • noun [ masculine ]
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bed-reda, -rids, an; m. [bed a bed, reda = rida from riden ridden, pp. of rídan to ride, hence the def. adj. bedreda bedridden, and the noun bedreda, bedrida one bedridden]
One BEDRIDDEN; clinicus
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  • Ðǽr læg be ðam wege án bedreda

    there lay by the way one bedridden,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 422, 4
      • .

  • Arás se bedreda, and arn blissigende

    the bedridden arose, and ran rejoicing,

    • ii. 422, 9
      • .

  • Ðá ðá se sunderhálga Iosias ðæt tácn geseah on ðam bedredan [def. adj.] men, ðá feól he to ðæs apostoles fótum

    when the pharisee Josias saw that miracle in the bedridden man, then fell he at the apostle's feet,

    • ii. 422, 11
      • .

  • Drihten cwæþ to sumum bedridan

    the Lord said to one bedridden,

    • i. 472, 23
      • .
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v.  bædd-ryda bedd-redda bed-rida bed-ryda.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “bed-reda.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/3338.

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