a. Obs. rare. Also 6 beddrell, bedral, 7 bedrell, 9 Sc. beddel. [? Corrupted from bedred, BEDRID, or from BEDLAR.] = BEDRIDDEN.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, XII. vii. 32. Quhilk as beddrell [v.r. bedrel] lay Befor hys zet.
1603. Florio, Montaigne, I. xix. (1632), 32. There is no man so crazed, bedrell, or decrepit.
B. as sb. A bedridden person.
a. 1572. Knox, Hist. Ref., 109 (Jam.). The Blind, Crooked, Bedralis, Widowis, Orphelingis.
1815. Chalmers, Lett., in Life (1851), II. 13. Is the beddel got better?
1845. Statist. Acc. Scot., Kincard. XI. 249. The poor were of three classes, viz. beddels, those who were confined by infirmity, etc.
