bede Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)
    Beda; St. Baeda; Saint Baeda; St. Beda; St. Bede; Baeda; the Venerable Bede; Saint Beda; Saint Bede.

WordNet

Bede transitive verb
Etymology
See Bid, v. t.
Definitions
  1. To pray; also, to offer; to proffer. Obs. R. of Gloucester. Chaucer.
Bede noun
Definitions
  1. (Mining) A kind of pickax.

Webster 1913