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† bed-fere, bed-ifere Obs.
Forms: 3–4 bed-yver(e, 4–5 bed-ifere, bedde-fere, 4–6 bed-fere, 6 s.w. dial. bed-aver, 7 bed-phe(e)re.
[cf. bed + ifere, and fere:—OE. ᵹefera companion, fellow. The longer form bed-ifere was retained in s.w. dial., where it appeared in 16th c. as bed-aver; bed-fere was the literary form till 17th c.]
c1300in Wright Lyric P. xv. 49 Lyare wes mi latymer, Sleuthe ant slep mi bedyuer [printed bedyner]. 1393Gower Conf. II. 229 Unto his bed[i]fere, Deidamy he hath by night. Ibid. III. 65 He shal be your beddefere. 1547Boorde Introd. Knowl. 122 Wyl your bedauer, gosse, come home at the next tyde?.. My bedauer wyl to London, to try the law. 1609B. Jonson Sil. Woman ii. v, Her that I mean to choose for my bedphere. 1614Chapman Odyss. iii. 542 His bed⁓fere was Pisistratus. 1656Blount Glossogr., Bedpheere (Sax.) a Bed-fellow. |