Old English Dictionary Entry

Deáþ-bed

Part of speech: -bedd, es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 deáþ-bed

n. A death-bed, grave; mortis stratum, sepulcrum :-- Nú is wilgeofa deáþbedde fæst the kind giver is now fast in his death-bed [ = grave], Beo. Th. 5795; B. 2901. deaþ-bed

Similar Words

-dállic
-deáded
-deáw
-défedlic, -défness
-démedness

Runic Inscription

ᛞᛖᚪᚦ-ᛒᛖᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Beo.: Beowulf
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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