bede

== English == === Alternative forms === bead === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /biːd/ Rhymes: -iːd === Etymology 1 === From Middle English bēde (“prayer, request, supplication, order, command, rosary, bead”), from Old English ġebed (“prayer, petition, supplication, religious service, an ordinance”), from Proto-West Germanic *bed, from Proto-Germanic *bedą (“prayer, entreaty”). Cognate with Dutch gebed and bede, German Gebet. ==== Noun ==== bede (plural bedes) Prayer, request, supplication Rosary. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English bēden (“to offer”), from Old English bēodan, from Proto-West Germanic *beudan, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ-. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian biada, Old Saxon biodan (Low German bieden, beden), Dutch bieden, Old High German biotan (German bieten), Old Norse bjóða (Swedish bjuda (“command, show”)), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (anabiudan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek πεύθομαι (peúthomai, “ask for”), Sanskrit बोधयति (bodhayati, “wake”), Old Church Slavonic бъдѣти (bŭděti) (Russian будить (buditʹ, “wake”)), Lithuanian budeti (“awake”). See also bid. ==== Verb ==== bede (third-person singular simple present bedes, present participle beding, simple past bade, past participle bode or boden) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) pray, offer, proffer request, demand, order, command, forbid proclaim, declare present, counsel, advise, rede, exhort ===== References ===== “bede”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “bede”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, 1911 Middle English Dictionary === Anagrams === Beed, Deeb, beed == Danish == === Etymology 1 === Via Middle Low German bēye from Latin bēta (“beet”). Compare also German Bete and English beet. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /beːðə/, [ˈb̥eðð̩] ==== Noun ==== bede c (singular definite beden, plural indefinite beder) beet (the root plant Beta vulgaris) ===== Declension ===== ==== References ==== “bede,1” in Den Danske Ordbog === Etymology 2 === Either the Danish noun derives from a now-archaic verb bede (“to castrate, geld, wether”), which derives from Middle Low German böten, or the noun derives from a Middle Low German noun bete. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /beːðə/, [ˈb̥eðð̩] ==== Noun ==== bede c (singular definite beden, plural indefinite beder) wether (a castrated ram) ===== Declension ===== ==== References ==== “bede,2” in Den Danske Ordbog === Etymology 3 === From Old Norse biðja, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask”). Cognate with Swedish be, bedja, English bid, Dutch bidden, and German bitten. The Germanic verb probably goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-, cf. Polish żądać (“to demand”) and Ancient Greek θέσσασθαι (théssasthai, “to pray”). ==== Alternative forms ==== be' ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /beːˀ/, [ˈb̥eˀ] or (formal) IPA(key): /beːðə/, [ˈb̥eðð̩] ==== Verb ==== bede (past tense bad, past participle bedt) (transitive) to ask, request (to demand something from someone, with the person as an object and with the preposition om + the thing asked for) (transitive) to beg, entreat, implore (to plead to someone about something, with the person as an object and with the preposition om + the thing asked for) (intransitive) to pray (to address a divinity, with the preposition til + the addressed divinity) ===== Conjugation ===== ==== References ==== “bede,3” in Den Danske Ordbog === Etymology 4 === From Old Norse beita (“to let graze, rest”), from Proto-Germanic *baitijaną, cognate with Norwegian beite (English bait is borrowed from Old Norse). A causative of the verb *bītaną (“to bite”) (cf. Danish bide). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /beːðə/, [ˈb̥eðð̩] ==== Verb ==== bede (past tense bedede, past participle bedet) (dated) to make a halt, take a rest ===== Conjugation ===== ==== References ==== “bede,4” in Den Danske Ordbog === Etymology 5 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /beːðə/, [ˈb̥eðð̩] ==== Noun ==== bede n pl indefinite plural of bed == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch bede, from Old Dutch beda. See the verb bidden. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbeː.də/ Hyphenation: be‧de Rhymes: -eːdə === Noun === bede f (plural beden or bedes, diminutive bedetje n) plea (historical) a tax that was presented to lower-level governments as a petition for a lump sum; raising the tax was left to the lower-level governments (archaic) a prayer ==== Derived terms ==== bededag bedehuis bedevaart smeekbede voorbede == Middle Dutch == === Etymology 1 === From Old Dutch beda, from Proto-Germanic *bedō. ==== Noun ==== bēde f prayer plea, request ===== Inflection ===== ===== Descendants ===== Dutch: bede Afrikaans: bede === Etymology 2 === ==== Determiner ==== bêde (Flemish) alternative form of beide ===== Inflection ===== This determiner needs an inflection-table template. === Further reading === “bede”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bede (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II == Middle English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛ̞ːd(ə)/ === Etymology 1 === From Old English ġebedu, plural of ġebed (“prayer”), from Proto-West Germanic *gabed; reinforced by Old English bedu (“request”). ==== Alternative forms ==== bed, beed, beode, bode, boede ȝebed, ibæd, ibed (Early Middle English) ==== Noun ==== bede (plural bedes or beden) prayer (the act of supplication) prayer (a supplication) A command or order. A bead from a rosary. (by extension) Any bead. ===== Related terms ===== bedeman ===== Descendants ===== English: bead (bede) Scots: bead, bede, beid ===== References ===== “bēd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “ibēd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== bede (Late Middle English) alternative form of bed == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Danish bede. === Verb === bede (imperative bed, present tense beder, passive bedes, simple past bad, past participle bedt, present participle bedende) (archaic) to ask; request to pray ==== Synonyms ==== be === References === “bede” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse biðja. === Pronunciation 1 === IPA(key): /²beːə/ ==== Verb ==== bede (present tense bed, past tense bad, past participle bede or bedd or bedt, present participle bedande, imperative bed) alternative form of beda === Pronunciation 2 === IPA(key): /²bɛːə/ ==== Participle ==== bede past participle of beda === References === “bede” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Noun === bede inflection of bedu: accusative/genitive/dative singular nominative/accusative plural == Old High German == === Alternative forms === beide === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *bai, whence also Old Norse báðir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbeː.de/ === Adjective === bēde both ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: beide, bēde German: beide Yiddish: ביידע (beyde) === References === Joseph Wright, An Old High-German Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary, Oxford, 1888, p. 143. == Old Irish == === Verb === bede second-person plural present subjunctive of is == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === Compare German beten. Related to English bead. === Verb === bede to pray == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === bede (Cyrillic spelling беде) genitive singular of beda