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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BEDFAST, adj. Confined to bed, bedrid. Eng. dial. and Sc. [′bɛd′fɑst]Edb. 1931 E. Albert Herrin' Jennie iii. iv.:
The puir auld man's bedfast and hard-up.Ayr. 1821 Galt Ann. Parish xl.:
She had been for some time bedfast. Dmf. 1998 Jilly Hawker in Neil R. MacCallum Lallans 51 13:
Eilidh's faither was richt badly an bedfast these past weeks.
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