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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word BEAD.
Etymology of the word BEAD.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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BEAD,
a perforated ball, used for counting prayers. (E.) The old
sense is 'a prayer;' and the bead was so called because used for counting
prayers; and not vice versâ. M.E. bede, a bead; Chaucer, Prol.
109. 'Thanne he hauede his bede seyd' = when he had said his
prayer;
Havelok, 1385.—A.S. bed, a prayer; gen. used in the form gebed (cf. G.
gebet), Grein, i. 376. + Du. bede, an entreaty, request; gebed, a prayer. +
O.H.G. beta, M.H.G. bete, G. gebet, a prayer, request. These are
derived words from the verb; viz. A.S. biddan, Du. bidden, O.H.G. pittan (G.
bitten), to pray. See Bid (1). The Gothic is different;
the vb. bidjan being made from the sb. bida. Der. bead-roll,
beads-man.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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