gebedda

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gabaddjō. Cognate with Old Frisian bedda and Old Saxon gibeddio. Equivalent to ġe- +‎ bedd +‎ -a.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jeˈbed.dɑ/

Noun

ġebedda m

  1. someone who lies in bed with someone else: bedfellow
  2. husband or wife
  3. consort

Declension
Declension of gebedda (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ġebedda ġebeddan
accusative ġebeddan ġebeddan
genitive ġebeddan ġebeddena
dative ġebeddan ġebeddum

Coordinate terms

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-bedda”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-bedda”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-bedda”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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