bedd

See also: Bedd and Bedd.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

bedd

past participle of be

Old English

Alternative forms

bed, bædd

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *badją (“sleeping-place”). Cognate with Old Frisian bedd (West Frisian bêd), Old Saxon bed (Low German Bedd), Dutch bed, Old High German betti (German Bett), Old Norse beðr (Swedish bädd, Icelandic beður), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌹 (badi).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbedd/

Noun

bedd n

bed

Inflection

Declension of bedd (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bedd	bedd
accusative	bedd	bedd
genitive	beddes	bedda
dative	bedde	beddum

Synonyms

fletrest
ġerest
leġer

Derived terms

hlīnbedd

Descendants

Middle English: bedde, bed
- Scots: bede, bed
- English: bed
  - → Chichewa: bedi
  - → Chuukese: pet
  - → Japanese: ベッド (beddo)

Old Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

bedd n

bed

Descendants

North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: baad

Helgoland: Baad

Mooring: beed
Saterland Frisian: Bääd
West Frisian: bêd

Swedish

Verb

bedd

past participle of be.

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh beð, from Proto-Celtic *bodyom (“grave, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ-. Cognate with Cornish beth, with Celtiberian (arkato-)bezom (plausibly interpreted as "silver mine") and with English bed.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /beːð/

Noun

bedd m (plural beddau)

grave

Derived terms

carreg fedd (“gravestone”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bedd	fedd	medd	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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