bedoven
DrenchedDrenched.
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable, obsolete)Drenched.
Life of Saint Christina Mirabilis of Saint Trudons Alle hir body […] semyd be dowen in blood. [All her body seemed bedoven in blood.]
(not comparable, obsolete)Drowned.
Origin
From Middle English bedoven, from Old English bedofen, past particle of Old English bedūfaFrom Middle English bedoven, from Old English bedofen, past particle of Old English bedūfan (“to bedive, to put under, immerse, submerge, drown”), equivalent to be- + dive. Cognate with Middle Low German bedöven (“immersed”).
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