Etymology

bedung

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Today it means: To cover with dung or manure. Full definition →

Middle English bidungen ← Old English *bedynġan ← Proto-West Germanic *bidungijan
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*bidungijan
  2. Old English · inherited from*bedynġan
  3. Middle English · inherited frombidungen
  4. English todaybedung

From Middle English bidungen, bydyngen, from Old English *bedynġan, from Proto-West Germanic *bidungijan, equivalent to be- + dung. Cognate with West Frisian bedongje (“to bedung”), Dutch bedongen (“to bedung”), German bedüngen (“to bedung”).

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