gebed

Afrikaans

gebed (plural gebede, diminutive gebedjie)

gebed n (plural gebeden, diminutive gebedje n)

ġebed n (nominative plural ġebedu)

prayer, religious observance
- Hīe tō ġebede fēollon. ― They fell to prayer. (Cædmon’s Metrical Paraphrase)
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  Æfter ðisum ġebede, hē ābād on ðām leġere āne fēawa dagas, mid fefore ġewǣht, þurh wacolon ġebedum, on flōre liċġende, bestrēowod mid axum, on stīðre hǣran, upāhafenum ēagum and handum tō heofenum, and ne ġeswāc his ġebeda ōðþæt hē sāwlode.
  After this prayer, he remained in sickness for a few days, weakened by fever, in watchful prayer, lying on the floor, bestrewn with ashes, on stiff sackcloth, with eyes and hands turned up toward heaven, and he did not stop his prayers until he passed away.

Strong a-stem:

Middle English: bede, bed, beed, beode, bode, boede (West Midland), ȝebed, ibæd, ibed (Early Middle English) (partially from Old English bedu)
- English: bead (bede)
- Scots: bead, bede, beid