gebed

From Dutch gebed, from Middle Dutch gebet, from Old Dutch gebet, from Proto-West Germanic *gabed.

• IPA^(key): /χəˈbɛt/

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gebed (plural gebede, diminutive gebedjie)

1. prayer

From Middle Dutch gebet, from Old Dutch gebet, from Proto-West Germanic *gabed.

• IPA^(key): /ɣəˈbɛt/

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• Hyphenation: ge‧bed
• Rhymes: -ɛt

gebed n (plural gebeden, diminutive gebedje n)

1. prayer

   Synonym: bede

• bede
• bidden

• Afrikaans: gebed
• Negerhollands: gebed, gobėt, gobėd

• ġebæd, ġebedd

From Proto-West Germanic *gabed.

• IPA^(key): /jeˈbed/

ġebed n (nominative plural ġebedu)

1. prayer, religious observance
   • Hīe tō ġebede fēollon. ― They fell to prayer. (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)

Strong a-stem:

• bedd
• bedu

• Middle English: bede, bed, beed, beode, bode, boede, ȝebed, ibæd, ibed (Early Middle English) (partially from Old English bedu)
  • English: bead (bede)
  • Scots: bead, bede, beid