An archaic or dialectal term for a prayer or religious verse; variant of bede.
From Middle English 'bedene' or 'bedeen,' related to 'bede' (prayer). This form appears in some regional or older manuscripts as an alternative spelling.
Tracking variants like 'bedeen' versus 'bede' shows how medieval scribes had no standardized spelling—the same word might appear three different ways on the same page!
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