bedde

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English

Noun

bedde (plural beddes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of bed

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German beden, from Old High German bedōn, northern variant of betōn.

Cognate to German beten (“to pray”). The verb at hand in German bitten (“to ask, beg”) does not exist in Central Franconian.

Pronunciation

Verb

bedde (third-person singular present bett, past participle jebett or jebedde)

  1. (Ripuarian, transitive or intransitive, with öm) to ask for something; to beg
    Woröm häs de net jemaht, wo ich dich dröm jebett hatt?
    Why haven’t you done what I’d asked you for?
    Wat enem andere jehürt, ka’ mer sich net esu nemme, do moss mer dröm bedde!
    One can’t just take what’s someone else’s, one must ask for it.
  2. (Ripuarian, intransitive or transitive) to pray
    Dot Ühr vür em Äße bedde?
    Do you pray before meals?
    Ich hann en Kääz opjestallt on ene Rusekranz jebett.
    I’ve lit a candle and prayed a rosary.

Usage notes

  • The original past participle is weak jebett. The strong form jebedde is a variant formed on the model of German gebeten.

Derived terms

Dutch Low Saxon

Noun

bedde n (plural bedden)

  1. bed

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch bedde, from Proto-Germanic *badją.

Noun

bedde n

  1. bed
  2. bedding, mattress, pillow

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: bed
    • Afrikaans: bed
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: bedi
    • Negerhollands: bet, bedi, bere, bedde
      • → Virgin Islands Creole: bedi (archaic)
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: bede
    • → Caribbean Javanese: bèt
    • →? Mohegan-Pequot: beed
    • → Papiamentu: bèt, bèchi, bèrchi, bed
    • → Saramaccan: bédi
    • →? Sranan Tongo: bedi
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: bedi
      • → Caribbean Javanese: bèḍi
      • → Kari'na: bedi
  • Limburgish: bèd
  • → French: bedde (“matress”) (dialectal)

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Participle

bedde

  1. definite singular of bedd
  2. plural of bedd

Verb

bedde

  1. (highly nonstandard form) past tense of be
    Synonym: bad (standard)

Swedish

Verb

bedde

  1. (nonstandard) past indicative of be
    Synonym: bad (standard)
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