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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bed, Bede, v. [ME. bedde(n, OE. beddian.] intr. To go to bed, lie in bed (with another).a1400 Leg. S. vi. 548.
The quene vald nocht fra that day Bede with the kynge c1420 Wynt. v. 548.
Nero … lauchfully wyth thyr had beddyt a1500 Prestis of Peblis 813.
He beddit nocht … nor lay hir by
