单词 | bridebed |
释义 | bridebedn. Now archaic and rare. The bed used by a newly married couple; the bed in which a marriage is consummated. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. Cf. marriage bed n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > bed bridebedOE bridal beda1547 marriage bed1567 nuptial bed1578 wedding-bed1597 Hymen-bed1598 thore1649 wed-beda1650 geniala1701 nuptial couch1731 wedlock bed1820 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) i. 6 Se sealmwyrhta Dauid sang be criste þus cweðende, swa swa brydguma he gæð forð of his brydbedde. OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 188 Geopena heora heortan earan to þære halwendan lare, þæt hi..eorðlice ðing ne gewilnion, and mid beornendre lufe to þinum brydbedde becumen. a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 30 Genealis, a bryde bed. 1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere iv. p. cv Ere they went to theyr bryde bedde. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 242 I thought thy bride-bed [1603 bridale bed] to haue deckt sweet maide. View more context for this quotation 1701 C. Cibber Love makes Man ii. 12 You Hussy, see the Bride-bed made, take care no Young Jade cut the Cords asunder, and look the sheets be fine and well scented. 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. iv. i. 182 What right have I to arrogate Christ's bride-bed? 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses i. iii. [Proteus] 47 Bridebed, childbed, bed of death, ghostcandled. 2008 D. Shamp On Acct. Conspicuous Women lii. 257 It was during our honeymoon in New York City and I remember watching Harlan, absolutely adoring him from my Algonquin bridebed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE |
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