BEDRID

bedrid|bedridden. Bedrid, or Bedridden, a. confined to the bed

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{ Bed″rid′ (�), Bed″rid′den (�), } a. [[OE. bedrede, AS. bedreda, bedrida; from bed, bedd, a bed or couch + ridda a rider; cf. OHG. pettiriso, G. bettrise. See Bed, n., and Ride, v. i. ]] Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity. “Her decrepit, sick, and bedrid father.” Shak. “The estate of a bedridden old gentleman.” Macaulay.