Bedoven

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    drenched. not-comparable, obsolete

    "Life of Saint Christina Mirabilis of Saint Trudons Alle hir body […] semyd be dowen in blood. [All her body seemed bedoven in blood.]"

  2. 2
    drowned. not-comparable, obsolete

Example

More examples

"Life of Saint Christina Mirabilis of Saint Trudons Alle hir body […] semyd be dowen in blood. [All her body seemed bedoven in blood.]"

Etymology

From Middle English bedoven, from Old English bedofen, past particle of Old English bedūfan (“to bedive, to put under, immerse, submerge, drown”), equivalent to be- + dive. Cognate with Middle Low German bedöven (“immersed”).

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