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bedfelt

, bed + felt.
Searchable Lemmata: beddfelt (OE).
Alternate Forms: bedfelt.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Furnishing; covering for a bed; probably a heavy woollen blanket or similar. All Old English attestations come from the Benedictine Rule.(ante 1000 - ante 1100)
1. To beddreafe genihtsumige to hæbbenne meatte and hwitel and beddfelt and heafodbolstor. [DOE BenRWells (0045 (55.90.15))]
2. To bedreafe genoh is to habbenne meatta & hwitel & bedfelt & pyle. Ecclesiastic/Regula. [DOE BenRW (0505 (55.113.7))]
3. lena : bedfelt [DOE BenRGl 3 (Ker) (0002 (2))]
c.f.: bedding, lenn
OE; Primarily Ecclesiastic/Regula.
Sex: Male, Female    Use: Ecclesiastical    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, OE bedd + felt (q.v.) 'coarse fabric'.
WF: Compound
Etym Cog:
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