Mid-14c., from late Old English bæddrædæn meaning ‘bedridden,’ the adjective from bedreda – a bedridden man, literally ‘bedrider’ from bed and reda (riding).
Picture a man riding a bed.
About Me
An elephant run wild, drunk on rum, calls for a female without hope of being understood. What to do? It is not 1947 now.
In The Apple Tree 