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Old English · noun

bad

Normalised bād

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /bɑːd/
Syllables: bɑːd (1 syllable)
Modern English: waiting bode distrained expectation stake pledge

bad1 · noun · feminine

Senses

waiting; expectation
something distrained; pledge, stake

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of bad
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bād	bāda bāde
Accusative	bāde	bāda bāde
Genitive	bāde	bāda
Dative	bāde	bādum

bad2 · verb · inflected form

Senses

first/third-person singular preterite of bīdan
Inflected form of bīdan

All forms (4)

bād
bāda
bāde
bādum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baidu, from Proto-Germanic *baidō.

Descendants

bode

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