bedde

English

Noun

bedde (plural beddes)

1. Obsolete spelling of bed.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• bäde, beade (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German beden, from Old High German bedōn, northern variant of betōn.

Cognate to German beten (“to pray”). The verb at hand in German bitten (“to ask, beg”) does not exist in Central Franconian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛdə/

Verb

bedde (third-person singular present bett, past participle jebett or jebedde)

1. (Ripuarian, transitive or intransitive, with öm) to ask for something; to beg

   Woröm häs de net jemaht, wo ich dich dröm jebett hatt?

   Why haven’t you done what I’d asked you for?

   Wat enem andere jehürt, ka’ mer sich net esu nemme, do moss mer dröm bedde!

   One can’t just take what’s someone else’s, one must ask for it.

2. (Ripuarian, intransitive or transitive) to pray

   Dot Ühr vür em Äße bedde?

   Do you pray before meals?

   Ich hann en Kääz opjestallt on ene Rusekranz jebett.

   I’ve lit a candle and prayed a rosary.

Usage notes

• The original past participle is weak jebett. The strong form jebedde is a variant formed on the model of German gebeten.

Derived terms

• beddele

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

From Middle Low German bedde, from Old Saxon bed, beddi, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją.

Noun

bedde n (plural bedden)

1. bed

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch bedde, from Proto-West Germanic *badi.

Noun

bedde n

1. bed
2. bedding, mattress, pillow

Inflection

Weak neuter noun

	singular	plural
nominative	bedde	bedden
accusative	bedde	bedden
genitive	bedden	bedden
dative	bedde	bedden

Descendants

• Dutch: bed
  • Afrikaans: bed
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: bedi
  • Negerhollands: bet, bedi, bere, bedde
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: bedi (archaic)
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: bede
  • → Caribbean Javanese: bèt
  • →? Mohegan-Pequot: beed
  • → Papiamentu: bèt, bèchi, bèrchi, bed
  • → Saramaccan: bédi
  • →? Sranan Tongo: bedi
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: bedi
    • → Caribbean Javanese: bèḍi
    • → Kari'na: bedi
• Limburgish: bèd
• → French: bedde (“matress”) (dialectal)

Further reading

• “bedde”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bedde”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

bedde

1. (chiefly Late Middle English) alternative form of bed

Etymology 2

Noun

bedde

1. dative singular of bed

Norwegian Nynorsk

Participle

bedde

1. definite singular of bedd
2. plural of bedd

Verb

bedde

1. (highly nonstandard) past tense of be

   Synonym: bad (standard)

Swedish

Verb

bedde

1. (nonstandard) past indicative of be

   Synonym: bad (standard)