bedd

See also: Bedd and Bedd.

Middle English

Noun

bedd

1. (uncommon) alternative form of bed

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse beðr.

Alternative forms

• bed (non-standard since 2012)

Noun

bedd m (definite singular bedden, indefinite plural beddar, definite plural beddane)

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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

bedd (neuter bedd or bedt, definite singular and plural bedde)

1. past participle of be
2. past participle of beda

Verb

bedd

1. supine of be
2. supine of beda

References

• “bedd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• bed, bædd

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *badi (oblique form *baddj-), from Proto-Germanic *badją (“resting-place”). Cognate with Old Frisian bed, Old Saxon beddi, Dutch beddi, Old High German betti, Old Norse beðr, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌹 (badi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bedd/, [bed]

Noun

bedd n

1. bed
   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 2:10-11

     Hē cwæð tō þām laman, þē iċ seċġe, arīs, nim ðīn bed, and gā tō þīnum hūse.

     He said to the lame man, "I say to you, arise, take your bed, and go to your house."

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	bedd	bedd
accusative	bedd	bedd
genitive	beddes	bedda
dative	bedde	beddum

Synonyms

• fletrest
• ġerest
• leġer

Derived terms

• bedbūr
• bedcleofa
• bedstrēaw
• ġebedda
• hlīnbedd

Descendants

• Middle English: bed, bedd (uncommon), bæd (Early Middle English), bedde, bede (Late Middle English)
  • English: bed
  • Middle Scots: bed, bede
    • Scots: bed

See also

• bædling

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *badi (“sleeping-place”).

Noun

bedd n

1. bed

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: baad

  Mooring: beed

  Sylt: Bēr

• Saterland Frisian: Bääd
• West Frisian: bêd

Swedish

Participle

bedd

1. past participle of be

Tarifit

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *ăβdəd (“to stand”).

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⴱⴷⴷ (bdd, “to stand”), Tashelhit bdd (“to stand, to stop”), Kabyle bedd (“to stand”), Tachawit bedd (“to stand”), Northern Saharan Berber bedd (“to stand”), Ghadames ebded (“to stand”), Tuareg ibdăd (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

bedd (verbal noun abeddi, Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴻⴷⴷ)

1. (intransitive) to stand, to stand up
2. (intransitive) to stop, to stand still
3. (intransitive) to be new (the moon)

   Ibedd uyur. ― It's a new moon.

4. (intransitive) to support, to assist [with ak]

   Yetbedda ak yewdan. ― He supports others.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• addud (“stature”)
• (causative) sbedd (“to make stand”)
  • (verbal noun) asbeddi (“stop, arrest, erection”)
• tiddi (“size; height”)

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh beð, from Proto-Celtic *bedom (“grave, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ-. Cognate with Cornish bedh, Breton bez, Celtiberian (arkato-)bezom (plausibly interpreted as "silver mine"), and English bed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːð/
• Rhymes: -eːð

Noun

bedd m (plural beddau)

1. grave

Derived terms

• bedd torfol (“mass grave”)
• beddrod (“graveyard”)
• carreg fedd (“gravestone”)
• torrwr beddau (“gravedigger”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bedd

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bedd	fedd	medd	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “bedd”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bedd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies