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† ˈbedrel, a. (and n.) Obs. rare.
Also 6 beddrell, bedral, 7 bedrell, 9 Sc. beddel.
[? Corrupted from bedred, bedrid, or from bedlar.]
A. adj. = bedridden.
1513Douglas æneis xii. vii. 32 Quhilk as beddrell [v.r. bedrel] lay Befor hys zet. 1603Florio Montaigne i. xix. (1632) 32 There is no man so crazed, bedrell, or decrepit.
B. as n. A bedridden person.
a1572Knox Hist. Ref. 109 (Jam.) The Blind, Crooked, Bedralis, Widowis, Orphelingis. 1815Chalmers Let. in Life (1851) II. 13 Is the beddel got better? 1845Statist. Acc. Scot., Kincard. XI. 249 The poor were of three classes, viz. beddels, those who were confined by infirmity, etc. |