deathbed
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deathbed
- /ˈdɛθˌbɛd/ UK
Where it comes from
From Middle English dethbed, from Old English dēaþbedd (“deathbed; grave”), equivalent to death + bed. Cognate with Swedish dödsbädd (“deathbed”). Compare also Dutch sterfbed (“deathbed”), German Sterbebett and Totenbett (both “deathbed”), Danish dødsleje (“deathbed”).
noun deathbeds · death-bed · death bed
- The bed on which someone dies. He was once on his way to an old woman, who was on her death-bed and who had led a wicked life.
- The last hours before death.
- A grave; the site of a burial or entombment. “Will you ask our oldest warriors to build me a barrow? Ask them to climb this headland and build me a death pile high on its top. Let my deathbed rise high above Hronesnesse.”
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noun the bed on which someone dies
| Español | lecho de muerte |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 死の床 shi no toko |
| 中文 | 臨終床 /临终床 línzhōng chuáng |
| Português | leito de morte |
| Français | lit de mort |
| Deutsch | Sterbebett, Totenbett |
| Italiano | letto di morte |
| Ελληνικά | νεκροκρέβατο nekrokrévato, νεκρική κλίνη nekrikí klíni |
| Русский | сме́ртное ло́же smértnoje lóže, сме́ртный одр smértnyj odr |
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