Mid-14c., from late Old English bæddrædæn meaning ‘bedridden,’ the adjective from bedreda – a bedridden man, literally ‘bedrider’ from bed and reda (riding).
Picture a man riding a bed.
Mid-14c., from late Old English bæddrædæn meaning ‘bedridden,’ the adjective from bedreda – a bedridden man, literally ‘bedrider’ from bed and reda (riding).
Picture a man riding a bed.