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gebedda

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *gabaddjō. Cognate with Old Frisian bedda and Old Saxon gibeddio. Equivalent to ġe- +‎ bedd +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ġebedda m

  1. someone who lies in bed with someone else: bedfellow
  2. husband or wife
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
      Sē þeġn wæs wuniende butan wīfes nēawiste, forþan þe his ġebedda ġefaren wæs of life.
      The thane was living without the companionship of a woman, for his wife had departed from life.
  3. consort

Declension

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Weak:

singular plural
nominative ġebedda ġebeddan
accusative ġebeddan ġebeddan
genitive ġebeddan ġebeddena
dative ġebeddan ġebeddum

Coordinate terms

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References

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Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-bedda”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-bedda”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-bedda”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[3], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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