deathbedn.

Brit.

/ˈdɛθbɛd/, U.S.

/ˈdɛθˌbɛd/

Forms: see death n. and bed n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., bed n.

Etymology: < death n. + bed n. Compare Middle Dutch dootbedde (Dutch doodbed ), Middle Low German dōtbedde , Middle High German tōtbette , tōdebet (German Todbett ). Compare death's bed at death n. Compounds 3b.

1. The bed where a person is dying or has died. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. on one's deathbed: (when) very close to death.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [noun] > place of

deathbedOE

grass-bedOE

fosse?a1425

death house1647

bed of death1734

bed of dust1747

deathplace1790

OE Beowulf (2008) 2901 Nu is wilgeofa Wedra leoda, dryhten Geata, deaðbedde fæst, wunað wælreste wyrmes dædum.

c1300 All Souls (Laud) l. 55 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 422 Ȝwane Men in heore deth-beddes beoth and heore penaunce heom is i-set.

c1390 Gregorius (Vernon) (1914) 22 Mi fader tolde me þat soþe, Whon he lay on his deþ bedde.

c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) l. 24 On his deþ-bedde to abyde Goddes wille.

c1485 (?a1400) Child Bristow l. 100 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 316 On his ded-bed he lay.

1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle xii. sig. Fvj By him that lyeth on hys dead bedde.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. ii. 55 Sweete soule take heed, take heed of periury, Thou art on thy death-bed .

?a1625 Lawes of Candy i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggg2/1 'Tis not a time to pity passionate griefes, When a whole Kingdome in a manner lies Upon its death-bed bleeding.

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 263 It wes reportit that [the] capitane of the castell of Dumbreton, vpone his deidbed, revellit ane plot.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. xiii. sig. Q3 Those that think a Death-Bed the fittest and opportunest place to begin Repentance in.

1734 A. Pope Epist. to Visct. Cobham 4 He dreads a Death-bed like the meanest slave.

1781 H. Croft Young in S. Johnson Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets X. 84 In the third Letter is described the death-bed of the gay, young, noble,..and most wretched Altamont.

1801 C. B. Brown Jane Talbot iii. 10 My mother, on her death-bed, was anxious to see him.

1844 Christian Remembrancer June 683 Whiggism..is on its death-bed.

1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (1875) I. vii. 201 Canute's division of his dominions on his death-bed.

1923 E. W. Hopkins Origin & Evol. Relig. 195 A sinner who utters the name of Jesus on his death-bed is secure of salvation.

1951 J. Kerouac Let. 8 Jan. in Sel. Lett. 1940–56 (1995) 274 The man on his deathbed has wild cursorial visions that begin here and end anywhere.

a1977 K. M. C. Motsisi in M. Mutloatse Casey & Co. (1978) 103 Sophiatown is now on its death-bed, groaning its last, from an incurable disease.

2003 M. Migiel Rhetoric Decameron iii. 70 The original accusatrix repents on her death bed and reveals her previous duplicity.

2. Scots Law (historical in later use). A law which stipulates that any deeds granted by a gravely ill person within sixty days of his or her death, and which prejudice the legal heir, can be invalidated; (also) the state or claim of being an heir prejudiced in this way. Esp. in law of deathbed.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > types of laws > [noun] > inheritance or property

Salic law1548

agrarian1656

Falcidian law1656

deathbed1681

gavel-act1803

1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. ii. iv. §28 Death-bed is of so great Importance with us, as reaching the Estate, and Heritage of Parties, that the Lords have been very careful for clearing and fixing the same, that it may not be under uncertain conjecture or probation.

1693 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) iii. iv. § 28 The excellent Law of Death-bed, securing Mens Inheritances from being Alienat at that time, may happen to be frustrat and evacuat, if their coming to Church or Mercat be not done, in such a publick and solemn manner, as may give some evidence of their Re-convalescence, without supportation, or straining of Nature.

1705 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1761) II. 303 Rolland of Disblair, her nephew, raises a reduction thereof [of the will] upon the head of deathbed, and gets witnesses..who seemed to prove that she died shortly after, without going either to kirk or market.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 595 The tests of liege poustie opposed to the presumption of deathbed are, survivance during sixty days, and going to kirk or market unsupported.

1865 Solicitors' Jrnl. & Reporter 506/2 We find that a bill has been prepared..for sweeping the law of deathbed bodily out of the law of Scotland.

1895 Glasgow Herald 9 Feb. 4/7 In the case of Scotland,..there is no reference to the curious and important law of deathbed.

1988 Hist. Jrnl. 31 859 The Scottish law of deathbed was particularly complex, for if a testator disposed of his property away from his heir-at-law in the last sixty days before death, the will could be challenged claiming ‘deathbed’.

Compounds

a. General attributive, as deathbed conversion, deathbed scene, etc. Also in extended use with the sense ‘last-minute, belated’ (see also Compounds b).

ΚΠ

1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. L2^v The Sonne kneeld by his Fathers death-bed side.

1606 H. Greenwood Treat. Daye of Iudgem. sig. F3 (heading) A short death-bed dialogue.

1712 A. Pope Rape of Lock ii, in Misc. Poems 374 There broken Vows, and Death-bed Alms are found.

a1731 R. Manning Moral Entertainments (1742) I. vi. 79 A meer Death-bed Conversion..ought always to be suspected.

1775 J. Fleetwood Christian's Dict. at Death Death bed scenes have often made lasting impressions on the living.

1816 W. Scott Tales my Landlord Introd. To answer funeral and deathbed expenses.

1829 J. S. Taylor Roscommon Claim of Peerage 24 He makes this death-bed admission of a fact, which he had concealed from many of his relations.

1860 Monthly Packet July 15 You do not mean to say that a death-bed pardon is of no use?

1929 Boys' Life Mar. 21/2 Rodney's mother left her son one thing—in a deathbed letter she cautioned him to ‘Be a good Scout, always’.

1960 R. Davies Voice from Attic iv. 129 Have deathbed scenes ceased to hold the imagination because so many of them take place in hospitals?

2011 L. R. Brown World on Edge i. 4 In something akin to a deathbed conversion, Russia's president was abandoning his country's position as a climate change denier.

deathbed confession n.

ΚΠ

1682 W. Gough Londinum Triumphans 81 The Death-bed confession of a French Nobleman.

1744 J. Burton Genuineness Clarendon's Hist. 56 His death-bed confession therefore appears less probable, as he was not apprehensive of his danger.

1781 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 I. 46 He recurred to the famous vote of the late Parliament, relative to the influence of the Crown, and said it was the last dying speech of that corrupted assembly—the death-bed confession of that wicked sinner; and it reminded him of the death-bed confession of other abandoned profligates.

1888 A. C. Gunter Mr. Potter vi Curse him and his death~bed confession!

1950 Rotarian Apr. 39/2 The deathbed confession which throws audience sympathy to the erring heroine.

2005 N. Kress Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint x. 143 What you want to avoid are long deathbed confessions,..or changes of heart. They simply don't ring true.

deathbed repentance n.

ΚΠ

1643 Let. Spirituall Advice 17 Who knowes I say, whether Almighty God may not be pleased to accept of even a death-bed repentance for them.

1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 310 Such a Death-bed Charity is too near a-kin to a Death-bed Repentance to be either much valued, or much depended upon.

1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra I. Ded. p. viii A death-bed repentance seldom reaches to restitution.

1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene III. xvii. 218 I considered..that repentance, under chance of death, was of about the same value as death-bed repentance.

1931 Amer. Mercury Feb. 159/1 The godly of the State..straightway filled the air with the usual stories about his death bed repentance.

1963 Times 2 May 17/3 It was deplorable that it should have needed unemployment of more than 900,000..to extract even this rather meagre deathbed repentance from the Government.

2001 R. Holloway Doubts & Love vii. 101 Is there another chance beyond death..? The absolute systems says a definite No to that. That is why death-bed repentances feature so strongly in history.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	deathbed
释义	deathbedn. Brit. /ˈdɛθbɛd/, U.S. /ˈdɛθˌbɛd/ Forms: see death n. and bed n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., bed n. Etymology: < death n. + bed n. Compare Middle Dutch dootbedde (Dutch doodbed ), Middle Low German dōtbedde , Middle High German tōtbette , tōdebet (German Todbett ). Compare death's bed at death n. Compounds 3b. 1. The bed where a person is dying or has died. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. on one's deathbed: (when) very close to death. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > place of deathbedOE grass-bedOE fosse?a1425 death house1647 bed of death1734 bed of dust1747 deathplace1790 OE Beowulf (2008) 2901 Nu is wilgeofa Wedra leoda, dryhten Geata, deaðbedde fæst, wunað wælreste wyrmes dædum. c1300 All Souls (Laud) l. 55 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 422 Ȝwane Men in heore deth-beddes beoth and heore penaunce heom is i-set. c1390 Gregorius (Vernon) (1914) 22 Mi fader tolde me þat soþe, Whon he lay on his deþ bedde. c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) l. 24 On his deþ-bedde to abyde Goddes wille. c1485 (?a1400) Child Bristow l. 100 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 316 On his ded-bed he lay. 1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle xii. sig. Fvj By him that lyeth on hys dead bedde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. ii. 55 Sweete soule take heed, take heed of periury, Thou art on thy death-bed . View more context for this quotation ?a1625 Lawes of Candy i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggg2/1 'Tis not a time to pity passionate griefes, When a whole Kingdome in a manner lies Upon its death-bed bleeding. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 263 It wes reportit that [the] capitane of the castell of Dumbreton, vpone his deidbed, revellit ane plot. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. xiii. sig. Q3 Those that think a Death-Bed the fittest and opportunest place to begin Repentance in. 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Visct. Cobham 4 He dreads a Death-bed like the meanest slave. 1781 H. Croft Young in S. Johnson Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets X. 84 In the third Letter is described the death-bed of the gay, young, noble,..and most wretched Altamont. 1801 C. B. Brown Jane Talbot iii. 10 My mother, on her death-bed, was anxious to see him. 1844 Christian Remembrancer June 683 Whiggism..is on its death-bed. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (1875) I. vii. 201 Canute's division of his dominions on his death-bed. 1923 E. W. Hopkins Origin & Evol. Relig. 195 A sinner who utters the name of Jesus on his death-bed is secure of salvation. 1951 J. Kerouac Let. 8 Jan. in Sel. Lett. 1940–56 (1995) 274 The man on his deathbed has wild cursorial visions that begin here and end anywhere. a1977 K. M. C. Motsisi in M. Mutloatse Casey & Co. (1978) 103 Sophiatown is now on its death-bed, groaning its last, from an incurable disease. 2003 M. Migiel Rhetoric Decameron iii. 70 The original accusatrix repents on her death bed and reveals her previous duplicity. 2. Scots Law (historical in later use). A law which stipulates that any deeds granted by a gravely ill person within sixty days of his or her death, and which prejudice the legal heir, can be invalidated; (also) the state or claim of being an heir prejudiced in this way. Esp. in law of deathbed. ΘΚΠ society > law > types of laws > [noun] > inheritance or property Salic law1548 agrarian1656 Falcidian law1656 deathbed1681 gavel-act1803 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. ii. iv. §28 Death-bed is of so great Importance with us, as reaching the Estate, and Heritage of Parties, that the Lords have been very careful for clearing and fixing the same, that it may not be under uncertain conjecture or probation. 1693 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) iii. iv. § 28 The excellent Law of Death-bed, securing Mens Inheritances from being Alienat at that time, may happen to be frustrat and evacuat, if their coming to Church or Mercat be not done, in such a publick and solemn manner, as may give some evidence of their Re-convalescence, without supportation, or straining of Nature. 1705 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1761) II. 303 Rolland of Disblair, her nephew, raises a reduction thereof [of the will] upon the head of deathbed, and gets witnesses..who seemed to prove that she died shortly after, without going either to kirk or market. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 595 The tests of liege poustie opposed to the presumption of deathbed are, survivance during sixty days, and going to kirk or market unsupported. 1865 Solicitors' Jrnl. & Reporter 506/2 We find that a bill has been prepared..for sweeping the law of deathbed bodily out of the law of Scotland. 1895 Glasgow Herald 9 Feb. 4/7 In the case of Scotland,..there is no reference to the curious and important law of deathbed. 1988 Hist. Jrnl. 31 859 The Scottish law of deathbed was particularly complex, for if a testator disposed of his property away from his heir-at-law in the last sixty days before death, the will could be challenged claiming ‘deathbed’. Compounds a. General attributive, as deathbed conversion, deathbed scene, etc. Also in extended use with the sense ‘last-minute, belated’ (see also Compounds b). ΚΠ 1596 M. Drayton Mortimeriados sig. L2^v The Sonne kneeld by his Fathers death-bed side. 1606 H. Greenwood Treat. Daye of Iudgem. sig. F3 (heading) A short death-bed dialogue. 1712 A. Pope Rape of Lock ii, in Misc. Poems 374 There broken Vows, and Death-bed Alms are found. a1731 R. Manning Moral Entertainments (1742) I. vi. 79 A meer Death-bed Conversion..ought always to be suspected. 1775 J. Fleetwood Christian's Dict. at Death Death bed scenes have often made lasting impressions on the living. 1816 W. Scott Tales my Landlord Introd. To answer funeral and deathbed expenses. 1829 J. S. Taylor Roscommon Claim of Peerage 24 He makes this death-bed admission of a fact, which he had concealed from many of his relations. 1860 Monthly Packet July 15 You do not mean to say that a death-bed pardon is of no use? 1929 Boys' Life Mar. 21/2 Rodney's mother left her son one thing—in a deathbed letter she cautioned him to ‘Be a good Scout, always’. 1960 R. Davies Voice from Attic iv. 129 Have deathbed scenes ceased to hold the imagination because so many of them take place in hospitals? 2011 L. R. Brown World on Edge i. 4 In something akin to a deathbed conversion, Russia's president was abandoning his country's position as a climate change denier. b. deathbed confession n. ΚΠ 1682 W. Gough Londinum Triumphans 81 The Death-bed confession of a French Nobleman. 1744 J. Burton Genuineness Clarendon's Hist. 56 His death-bed confession therefore appears less probable, as he was not apprehensive of his danger. 1781 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 I. 46 He recurred to the famous vote of the late Parliament, relative to the influence of the Crown, and said it was the last dying speech of that corrupted assembly—the death-bed confession of that wicked sinner; and it reminded him of the death-bed confession of other abandoned profligates. 1888 A. C. Gunter Mr. Potter vi Curse him and his death~bed confession! 1950 Rotarian Apr. 39/2 The deathbed confession which throws audience sympathy to the erring heroine. 2005 N. Kress Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint x. 143 What you want to avoid are long deathbed confessions,..or changes of heart. They simply don't ring true. deathbed repentance n. ΚΠ 1643 Let. Spirituall Advice 17 Who knowes I say, whether Almighty God may not be pleased to accept of even a death-bed repentance for them. 1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 310 Such a Death-bed Charity is too near a-kin to a Death-bed Repentance to be either much valued, or much depended upon. 1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra I. Ded. p. viii A death-bed repentance seldom reaches to restitution. 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene III. xvii. 218 I considered..that repentance, under chance of death, was of about the same value as death-bed repentance. 1931 Amer. Mercury Feb. 159/1 The godly of the State..straightway filled the air with the usual stories about his death bed repentance. 1963 Times 2 May 17/3 It was deplorable that it should have needed unemployment of more than 900,000..to extract even this rather meagre deathbed repentance from the Government. 2001 R. Holloway Doubts & Love vii. 101 Is there another chance beyond death..? The absolute systems says a definite No to that. That is why death-bed repentances feature so strongly in history. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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