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Old English · verb

bindan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class III
IPA
/ˈbin.dɑn/
Syllables
ˈbin · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
bindconstrain

Meaning

  1. to bind, constrain

    þæt hē his ferðlocan · fæste binde, healde his hordcōfan; · hyċġe swā hē wille.

    …that a noble habit is in a brave man, that he would tightly bind his spirit, keep his treasure-chamber; think as he want.

    …þæt biþ in eorle · indryhten þēaw,

  2. to fasten or join

Conjugation

Conjugation of bindan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular bindeband
2nd singular binstbintstbunde
3rd singular bintband
Plural bindaþbundon
Subjunctive
Singular bindebunde
Plural bindenbunden
Non-finite forms of bindan
Form
Infinitive bindan
Inflected infinitive bindenne
Imperative singular bind
Imperative plural bindaþ
Present participle bindende
Past participle bundenġebunden

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”).

Descendants

bind

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