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BÉD

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
BÉD, es; nom. acc. pl. bédu, bédo; n.
A prayer, supplication, religious worship; oratio, supplicatio, Dei cultus
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  • Ðæt he sceolde ða bédu [MS. B. byldo constancy] anescian

    that he should diminish [weaken] the prayers,

    • Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 43
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Béd is chiefly found in composition, as in, - Béd-hús a place for prayer, béd-dagas prayer-days, Rogation-days. The original word béd a prayer was superseded by ge-béd a prayer, q.v.
Etymology
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Orm. bede a prayer; acc. pl. bedess
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Laym. acc. s. bede, bode a prayer; dat. s. ibede ; nom. pl. beden
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R. Glouc. acc. pl. bedes prayers
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Piers acc. pl. bedes prayers, - 'if I bidde any bedes
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Piers and Chauc. also bedes, - 'a peire of bedes,' - a set of beads or small balls of glass etc. on a string, for counting prayers
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O. Sax. beda ; gen. s. bede; dat. s. bedu
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O. Frs. bede
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M. H. Ger. bete
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O. H. Ger. beta
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Derived forms
béd-dagas, -hús, -ríp , gebéd, -dagas, -hús, -man, -rǽden, -stów
Similar entries
v. biddan.
Linked entries
v.  bédu.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “BÉD.” 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/3286.

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