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- Old English · inherited frombedreda“bedridden”
- Middle English · inherited frombedreden
- English todaybedridden
From Middle English bedreden (also as bedrede), from Old English bedreda (“bedridden”, adj.), from bedreda, bedrida, bæddryda (“one who is bedridden”, noun), from bed, bedd (“bed”) + rida (“rider”), with -en by analogy with past participle adjectives.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.