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

• ġebedde

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-bedda”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ge-bedda”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[3], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.