Bedoven
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 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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