abed

Definitions

1. In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed.
   archaic, not-comparable
2. To childbed
   archaic, not-comparable

Examples

“Not to be abed after midnight”

“[She] is sick abed.”

“The world was awake⟳ to the 2nd of May, but Mayfair is not the world, and even the menials of Mayfair lie⟳ long abed.”

“Who can lie⟳ peacefully abed, while the darkness holds some secret?”

“I mean⟳, she's brought a-bed”

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