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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Bede, Beid, v. [ME. bede(n. OE. béodan, ONhb. béada.] a. tr. To offer (battle); to command, order. (See also Bodin p.p.) b. intr. To pray. (Used for bid.)1375 Barb. viii. 183.
Thar thocht he battale for to beid And bargane thaim a1400 Leg. S. xviii. 348.
For-thi to God for me thu bede 1565 Reg. Privy C. I. 367.
All … thingis thair said Lieutenent … bedis to be done

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