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Old English · verb

bebeodan

Normalised bebēodan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class II
IPA
/beˈbe͜oː.dɑn/
Syllables
be · ˈbe͜oː · dɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
commendgive upcommitoffer

Meaning

  1. to command

    Æfter þisum bebēad sē ablenda Datianus þæt mann his dēadan godas dēorwurþlīċe frætewode and þæt deofles templ mid dēorwurþan seolfre, and hēt þider lǣdan þone, wende þæt hē wolde wurþian his godas and his lāc ġeoffrian þām līflēasum godum.

    After this the blinded Datianus ordered that his dead gods be richly adorned and that the Devil's temple be adorned with silver, and ordered the faithful martyr to be brought to there, so that he would worship and offer sacrifices to the lifeless gods.

    late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
  2. to give up, offer, commend, commit

  3. to announce

Conjugation

Conjugation of bebeodan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular bebēodebebēad
2nd singular bebīetstbebude
3rd singular bebīettbebīetbebēad
Plural bebēodaþbebudon
Subjunctive
Singular bebēodebebude
Plural bebēodenbebuden
Non-finite forms of bebeodan
Form
Infinitive bebēodan
Inflected infinitive bebēodenne
Imperative singular bebēod
Imperative plural bebēodaþ
Present participle bebēodende
Past participle beboden

All forms (15)

Etymology

From be- + bēodan. Cognate with Old Frisian bibiāda, Old High German bibiotan.

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