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bed

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Searchable Lemmata: bedd (OE), bed (ME), bed (OScots), bed (MdE).
Alternate Forms: bæd, bædde, bedde, bede, bydde.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Furnishing; mattress, pallet, or similar piece of furniture or soft furnishing used for rest, sleeping, etc.; typically covered with bedding, blankets, coverlet, etc.(ante 1000 still in current use)
1. Bencþelu beredon; hit geondbræded wearð beddum ond bolstrum. [DOE Beo (0350 (1239))]
2. Geniales bed. [DOE AntGl 4 (Kindschi) (088200 (882))]
3. He fel adoun on his bedde, Þer he is y-falle on slepe. Heroic, Poetic, Romance. (work: ?c1300) [MED Guy(1) ((Auch) 4014) circa 1330]
4. I bequethe to the same Thomas, my sone, an Halle, with docere, costers, and bankers, of sute of that forseyde bed Legal, Wills. [MED EEWills (5/1) 1395]
5. [7] ... A bed of Lyn wit a hool silour and Couerlet of þe same wroght wit mapil leues and fret of iij foill ... [9] ... A bed of red and grene dimi Selour wit iij quirtayns of worsted ... [12] ... I be-queþe ... also vj reof quisshens of worsted Legal, Wills. [MED EEWills (36/7-12) 1418]
6. [11] ... I wul he haue al myn other houshoold ... except my bed of Tapistree, þe which I wull my welbeloved wife Cecile haue ... [18] ... I wull he haue to þe oone bed a peyre fustyans, and to þe oþer a peyre blankettis Legal, Wills. [MED EEWills (56/11-18) 1424]
7. I wul þat ilk of my said childre haue a bed, þat is to say, couerlide, tapite, blankettis, too peyre schetes, matras, and canvas. Legal, Wills. [MED EEWills (57/22) 1424]
8. [24] ... Barrynge of harneys: Stipacio, constipacio ... [25] ... Barkyn lethyr: Frunio, tanno, tannio ... Barmclothe, or naprun: Limas ... [27] ... Batyldoure [Win: Batyldere] or wasshynge betylle: Feretorium ... Bawdekyn clothe or sylke: Olosericus ... Bawderyke: Strophius. ... Bedclothe, or a rayment for a bed: Lectisternium ... Gloss. [MED PParv. ((Hrl 221) 24-27) circa 1440]
9. A bed þer-In ... The Couertowre was of Ermone goode(work: a1450) [MED Parton.(1) ((Add 35288) 1136) ante 1500]
c.f.: lit
ME, MdE, OE, OScots; Primarily N/A.
Sex: Male, Female, Infant    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, OE.
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