bedd

From Old Norse beðr.

• bed (non-standard since 2012)

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

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

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

bedd

1. supine of be
2. supine of beda

• “bedd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• bed, bædd

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).

• IPA^(key): /bedd/, [bed]

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."

Strong a-stem:

• fletrest
• ġerest
• leġer

• bedbūr
• bedcleofa
• bedstrēaw
• ġebedda
• hlīnbedd

• Middle English: bedde, bed
  • English: bed
  • Scots: bede, bed

• bædling

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

bedd n

1. bed

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: baad

  Helgoland: Baad

  Mooring: beed

• Saterland Frisian: Bääd
• West Frisian: bêd

bedd

1. past participle of be

From Proto-Berber [Term?]. The root has been reconstructed to *bd. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

bedd (Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴻⴷⴷ)

1. (intransitive) to stand, to stand up
2. (construed with ak) to support, to assist

   itbedda ak yewdan

   He supports others.

3. to stop, to stand still
4. to be new (the moon)

   ibedd uyur

   It's a new moon.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Verbal noun: abeddi (“standing”)
• Causative: sbedd (“to make stand”)
• tiddi (“size; height”)
• addud (“stature”)

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.

• IPA^(key): /beːð/
• Rhymes: -eːð

bedd m (plural beddau)

1. grave

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

• 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