Middle English Dictionary Entry
abedde adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | abedde adv. |
| Etymology | From on bedde. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In bed, to bed: (a) with ref. to sleep or rest; laien, bringen ~, put to bed; (b) with ref. to amorous affairs.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6495 : Þær þeȝȝ o bedde slepptenn.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)15706 : Ich was abedde [Clg: on bedde].
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11367 : To habbe inome hom vn armed, & some abedde aslepe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)96a/b : Somtyme of heuynesse of slepe..it farith in children þat vnwetinge pissiþ abedde.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.395 : Were I brouȝte abedde..Sholde no ryngynge do me ryse.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2787 : Sche wisched al hadde ben a-bedde [vr. in bed].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.6306 : While þei, allas..a-bedde laie slepynge.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)1210 : Hit is þe holsemyst hyne..To bringe boldely a-bedde þe best of þe royaulme And arise with þe renke.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)122/314 : Lay hyre abedd.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.A.680 : A grete sikenes..ffelle on this man..That he was ouerthrowe and stille abedde lay..past all mannes cure.
b
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)64/1379 : His wif lai warme abedde, And solas of hire lemman fredde.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1614 : By god, I wol noght paye yow but abedde.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1781 : To gon to bedde of compaignie; And whan thei were abedde naked [etc.].
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2599 : Thei schape how thei togedre myhte Abedde meete.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.430 : His love he spedde, And hadde al that he wolde abedde.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2051 : Thynges whiche that were nat doon abedde, He in the gardyn parfourned hem and spedde.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.927 : Somme riche array, somme seyden lust abedde.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)7.44 : Louelokest to loken on and lykynggest a bedde.