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Noun

Bedd n (plural Bedden)

1. bed (place to lie down or sleep)
2. bed (plot for growing flowers)

Old English

Alternative forms

• bed

Noun

bedd n

1. bed

Descendants

• Middle English: bedde, bed
  • English: bed

Old Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

bedd n

1. bed

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: baad

  Helgoland: Baad

  Mooring: beed

• Saterland Frisian: Bääd
• West Frisian: bêd

Swedish

Verb

bedd

1. past participle of be.

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh bedd, from Proto-Celtic *bedo- ("grave, ditch"). Cognate with Cornish beth, with Celtiberian (arkato-)bezom (plausibly interpreted as "silver mine") and with Proto-Germanic *badją ("plot, grave, resting-place, bed”) and with other indo-european languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːð/

Noun

bedd m (plural beddau)

1. grave

Derived terms

• carreg fedd ‎(“gravestone”)

Mutation