bede

Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

bede(n = noun.person) baeda, beda, saint baeda, saint beda, saint bede, st. baeda, st. beda, st. bede, the venerable bede - (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735);

is a kind of doctor, doctor of the church, historian, historiographer, saint, theologian, theologiser, theologist, theologizer

bede, v. t. [See Bid, v. t.].

To pray; also, to offer; to proffer. R. of Gloucester. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

bede, n.

A kind of pickax. [1913 Webster]