bethatch

Meaning

Verb

To cover with thatch; thatch.
To cover with hair.

Origin

From Middle English bithecchen, from Old English beþeċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *biþakkjan, equivalent to be- + thatch. Cognate with Dutch bedekken, German bedecken. More at its doublet bedeck. Alteration in vowel after Middle English perhaps due to thatch.

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