abed

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

  • From Middle English abedde, on bedde (“bed”), from Old English bedd (“bed”).
  • a- (“in, on”) +‎ bed

Pronunciation [edit]

Adverb [edit]

abed (comparative more abed, superlative most abed)

  1. In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed. [First attested from 1150 to 1350.][1]
    • Not to be abed after midnight - Shakespeare,Twelfth Night, II,iii
  2. To childbed
    • "I mean, she's brought a-bed" - Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, IV,ii

Translations [edit]

In bed, or on the bed

Shorthand [edit]

(Version: Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - d

References [edit]

  1. ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 3:

Anagrams [edit]

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