Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Abed


Abed: adverb - in bed; laid up.
Simple, if a littleold-fashioned, this is a word more often used in poetry today than in prose.
'Sarah, abed still afterthe previous day's hard trek, lay listening to the soft sound of rain on theshack's tin roof.'

Pic: The village of Goodmanham, East Yorkshire.
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Published on November 01, 2011 11:30
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