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▪ I. bede, n.1 ME. form of bead n., often used in mod.Eng. in the now archaic sense of ‘prayer.’ So bedehouse, bedesman, bedeswoman. ▪ II. † bede, n.2 Obs. rare—1. [? f. ME. beden, beoden, OE. béodan to command (cf. Ger. gebiet): if not a sense of prec.] Command, bidding.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 7 Ȝef we haldeþ his beode. 1330R. Brunne Chron. 335 Þei bed þe same bede. c1430Hymns Virg. (1867) 49 Þoruȝ pride ȝe offendid my fadris bede. ▪ III. bede, n.3|biːd| ‘A miner's pickaxe.’ Raymond Mining Gloss. |