v. Obs. In 1–3 bedón, bidón. [OE. bedón, f. BE- + dón to put, DO. With sense 2, cf. Ger. bethun, bemachen.]

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  1.  trans. To put to, to shut.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Ps. cxlvii. 2. Þæt þu þine doru mihtest bedón.

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  2.  To befoul, defile with ordure.

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a. 1230.  Ancr. R., 130. Þus wende Saul into hole uort te bidon þene stude. Ibid., 216. Habbeð þeos þet fuluste mester … þet so bidoð ham suluen.

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  3.  To adorn, ornament, garnish.

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a. 1500[?].  in Furniv., Percy Fol., II. 305. A kirtle and a mantle … with branches and ringes full richely bedone.

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a. 1765.  ‘Ld. Thomas & Fair Annet,’ xx. in Child, Ballads, III. (1885), 183. The belt that was about her waist Was a’ wi’ pearls bedone.

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