The story
- Old English · inherited frombedǣlan
- Middle English · inherited frombedelen
- English todaybedeal
From Middle English bedelen, bidelen, bidælen, from Old English bedǣlan, equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + deal. Cognate with Old Saxon bidēlian (“to deprive”), Old High German piteilan (“to deprive”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.