▪ I. bede, n.1
ME. form of bead n., often used in mod.Eng. in the now archaic sense of ‘prayer.’ So bedehouse, bedesman, bedeswoman.
▪ II. † bede, n.2 Obs. rare—1.
[? f. ME. beden, beoden, OE. béodan to command (cf. Ger. gebiet): if not a sense of prec.]
Command, bidding.
c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 7 Ȝef we haldeþ his beode. 1330 R. Brunne Chron. 335 Þei bed þe same bede. c 1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 49 Þoruȝ pride ȝe offendid my fadris bede. |
▪ III. bede, n.3
(biːd)
‘A miner's pickaxe.’ Raymond Mining Gloss.