bedel

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pedellus, bedellus, bidellus, from Middle English bedel; cognate with beadle.

bedel (plural bedels)

1. (historical) An administrative official at universities in several European countries, often with a policiary function at the time when universities had their own jurisdiction over students.

   Oxford today has four bedels, representing Divinity, Law, Medicine, and Arts.

• bleed, debel

From Dutch bedelen.

bedel (present bedel, present participle bedelende, past participle gebedel)

1. To beg

bedel

1. A toll, due, fee, contribution

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛdel/
• Rhymes: -ɛdel
• Hyphenation: be‧del

bedel

1. genitive plural of bedla

From bedelen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːdəl/
• Hyphenation: be‧del
• Rhymes: -eːdəl

bedel m (plural bedels, diminutive bedeltje n)

1. The practice of begging, mendicancy.

• gebedel
• bedelen

• bedelbidden
• bedelbruiker

Borrowed from German Pedell, from Medieval Latin bidellus, bedellus, pedellus.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈdɛl/
• Hyphenation: be‧del
• Rhymes: -ɛl

bedel m (plural bedels, diminutive bedeltje n)

1. (obsolete) A beadle, academic usher.

• pedel

See the etymology of the main entry.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːdəl/
• Hyphenation: be‧del
• Rhymes: -eːdəl

bedel

1. first-person singular present indicative of bedelen
2. imperative of bedelen

• beeld, belde

From Medieval Latin bidellus, bedellus, pedellus (hence Italian bidello; also Dutch bedel, German Pedell), from Frankish *bidil (“candidate, volunteer”), from Proto-Germanic *bidilaz (“seeker”), from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask, beseech”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ- (“to command”), merging with Frankish *budil (“herald, beadle”), from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (“herald”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to present, offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to comprehend, make aware”). Akin to Old High German bitil "candidate", Old High German bittan "to ask", Old High German butil "beadle" (whence German Büttel), Old English bydel "apparitor, messenger, beadle", Old English bēodan "to announce". More at beadle, bid.

bedel m (oblique plural bedeaus or bedeax or bediaus or bediax or bedels, nominative singular bedeaus or bedeax or bediaus or bediax or bedels, nominative plural bedel)

1. A beadle, academic usher

• French: bedeau
• → Italian: bidello

bedel m or f (plural bedeles)

1. janitor, porter

• conserje m
• portero m