bedeen

Meaning

Adverb

• As a single unit or body; together.
• In order; one after another; in single file.
• Immediately; forthwith; quickly; straightway; anon; soon; early on; by and by.

Origin

• From Middle English bedene, bidene, of uncertain origin. Believed to be a formation of bid-, alteration (perhaps through conflation with or with) of bi + ene, from Old English ǣne ("once, at once"), related to Old English ān ("one"), equivalent to be- + one.