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What does abed mean?

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Adverb
  1. In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed. [First attested from 1150 to 1350.]
  2. To childbed
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Dear heart, do hie you abed and sleep in peace, and let other folks do the like!
I lay abed an hour longer than usual again this morning and I'm moving kinda slow.
It seemed to her that she awoke after sleeping some hours, and found Jeremiah not yet abed.
Why, we have been sitting here for hours while you should be abed!
Goodness me, are Kitty and Aunt Patience still abed at this hour?
I have long held that sleeping and lying abed are the principal foundations for the good life.

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