Bede

English

A depiction of Bede from the Nuremberg Chronicle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biːd/
• Rhymes: -iːd
• Homophone: bead

Proper noun

Bede

1. An English monk, historian and theologian from Northumbria who lived from c. 673 to 753, commonly known as the Venerable Bede.

Derived terms

• Bedean

Translations

English monk and scholar

• French: Bède (fr) m
• Italian: Beda (it) m
• Latin: Beda m
• Old English: Bēda m
• Polish: Beda (pl) m
• Russian: Бе́да m (Béda)
• Spanish: Beda m

German

Alternative forms

• Bete

Etymology

From northern Middle High German bede and Middle Low German bēde, from Proto-Germanic *bedō (“plea”). Doublet of Bitte (“plea”). The use for a tax developed in Middle High German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːdə/

• Audio; [ˈb̥eːdɘ]:

  (file)

Noun

Bede f (genitive Bede, no plural)

1. (historical) A kind of mediaeval and early-modern tax in some German regions.

Declension

Declension of Bede [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bede
genitive	einer	der	Bede
dative	einer	der	Bede
accusative	eine	die	Bede

Derived terms

• Bedepflicht
• Landbede