An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

BEDRAL, s. A person who is bedrid.
V. [Orphelin].

BEDREL, adj. Bedrid, Galloway.
Douglas.

Corr. perhaps from A. S. bedrida, id.; Teut. bedder, clinicus, Germ. bed-reise.

BEDUNDER'D, part. pa. Stupified, confounded, S. q. having the ear deafened by noise.

Su. G. dundr-a, Belg. dender-en, tonare, to thunder.

BEE, s. The hollow between the ribs and hip-bone of a horse, S. B.

Perhaps from A. S. bige, byge, flexus, angulus, sinus; big-an, byg-ean, flectere, curvare.

BEE-ALE, s. A species of beer, or rather mead, made from the refuse of honey; S. B. This in Clydes. is called swats.

BEE-BREAD, s. The substance that goes to the formation of bees, S.

A. S. beo-bread signifies honeycomb.