Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bedrift

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bedrift
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To drift about; drift around.

Example Sentences

"The disowned of all parties, the rejected and foolishly bedrifted hither and thither, to what corner of Nature can he now drift with advantage?"
"Yet to him a new Madonna For the baby-boy who nestled On her bosom, all bedrifted With her yellow hair, [...]"
"[...] That season were singing aloud round my shield. When the hollow-wrought sun-disc that Frodis' arm holdeth With blood was bedrifted before the ring's lord, [...]"

Etymology

From be- (“about, around”) + drift.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Inflected Forms

bedrifts (present, singular) bedrifting (participle, present) bedrifted (participle, past) bedrifted (past)

Frequently Paired Words

bedrive

Questions

What does bedrift mean?: To drift about; drift around.
Where does bedrift come from?: From be- (“about, around”) + drift.

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