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bedwell¹

Where it comes from

From be- (“around, about”) + dwell. Compare Middle Dutch bedwellen.

verb bedwells · bedwelling · bedwelt

  1. ambitransitive To dwell around or about (a place); inhabit. [...] At first like a twilight cloud, Yet momently clearer in colour, I saw church-domes and steeples, And lastly a whole city, Ancient-looking, Netherlandish, Man-bedwelt in.

Bedwell²

Where it comes from

Variant of Bidwell.

proper noun Bedwells

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable An inner suburb of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2424).
  3. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Sesswick community, Wrexham borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3646).

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@misc{bedwell_2026,
  title = {bedwell},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bedwell},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}