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Old English · verb

beodan

Normalised bēodan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class II
IPA
/ˈbe͜oː.dɑn/
Syllables
ˈbe͜oː · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
bidgiveofferbede

Meaning

  1. to offer, give

    Hafa arna þanc ðara, ðe ðu unc bude.

    Thanks for the kindnesses which you offered us as host.

  2. to proclaim, announce

    Geacas gear budon.

    Cuckoos announced the year.

Conjugation

Conjugation of beodan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular bēodebēad
2nd singular bīetstbude
3rd singular bīettbīetbēad
Plural bēodaþbudon
Subjunctive
Singular bēodebude
Plural bēodenbuden
Non-finite forms of beodan
Form
Infinitive bēodan
Inflected infinitive bēodenne
Imperative singular bēod
Imperative plural bēodaþ
Present participle bēodende
Past participle bodenġeboden

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *beudan. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian biāda, Old Saxon biodan, Middle Dutch bieden (Dutch bieden), Old High German biotan (German bieten), Old Norse bjóða (Danish byde, Swedish bjuda (“command, show”)), Gothic (anabiudan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek πυνθάνομαι (punthánomai, “learn”), Sanskrit बुध्यते (búdhyate, “wake”), Old Church Slavonic бъдети (bŭdeti) (Russian буди́ть (budítʹ, “wake”)), Lithuanian budėti (“awake”).

Descendants

bede, bid

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