Bede

Gower uses ne bede in the same sense; 'That I ne bede never awake'; Conf.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
Can Mr. Bede produce anything to match the following sample of the crater, to be found in our most polished English poet?
Notes and Queries, Number 178, March 26, 1853|Various
In Bede's time, if not before, London was resorted to by many merchants both by land and by sea.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
I need not dwell on characters so well known as those painted in "Adam Bede."
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII|John Lord

Dr Arnold's dissertation on Bede involves him in the discussion of a question on which much skill and ability have been exercised.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXVIII. February, 1843. Vol. LIII.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Bede

Bede

/ (biːd) /

noun

Saint, known as the Venerable Bede . ?673–735 ad, English monk, scholar, historian, and theologian, noted for his Latin Ecclesiastical History of the English People (731). Feast day: May 27 or 25Latin name: Baeda

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