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Bedrid

Bedrid \Bed"rid`\, Bedridden \Bed"rid`den\, a. [OE. bedrede, AS. bedreda, bedrida; from bed, bedd, a bed or couch + ridda a rider; cf. OHG. pettiriso, G. bettrise. See Bed, n., and Ride, v. i. ] Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity. ``Her decrepit, sick, and bedrid father.''
--Shak. ``The estate of a bedridden old gentleman.''
--Macaulay.

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bedrid

a. (context obsolete English) bedridden

WordNet
bedrid

adj. confined to bed (by illness) [syn: bedfast, bedridden, infirm, sick-abed]

Usage examples of "bedrid".

For weal or woe she will him not forsake: She is not weary him to love and serve, Though that he lie bedrid until he sterve.

For weal or woe she will him not forsake: She is not weary him to love and serve, Though that he lie bedrid until he sterve.