Bedder, Bedetter

The nether stone of an oilBed'ding, n. [A. S. bedding, beding.] A bed and its furniture; a bed; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast. "Arcite return'd, and as in honour tied His foe with bedding , and with food supply'd."-Dryden. (Geol.) The state or position of beds and layers. Bed'dington, in Maine , a township of Washington co., about 38 m. E. by N. of Bangor; pop . 134. Bede, or BEDA, ( beēd ,) surnamed the "VENERABLE," an English monk and ecclesiastical historian, B. at Durham, 673. He was ordained priest about 703, and had already obtained a wide reputation for learning and piety. His whole life was spent quietly in his monastery at Yarrow, devoted to study and writing. His most important work is the Ecclesiastical History of England , published about 734, and highly esteemed as one of the most trustworthy sources of early English history. It was written in Latin, and was translated into English by Alfred the Great. The earliest printed edition appeared in 1474. He also wrote, among other works, a Chronicle from the Creation to A.D. 725, and he completed a Saxon translation of the Gospel of St. John on the day he died, 26th May, 735. His remains lie in Durham Cathedral, and his church at Yarrow was restored in 1866. Bedeck', v. a. To deck; to adorn; to grace. "That so bedeck'd, ornate, and gay."- Milton.