bedufan

Old English

Etymology

From be- +‎ dūfan (“to dive, sink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈduː.fɑn/, [beˈduː.vɑn]

Verb

bedūfan

1. to put under, submerge, immerse, drown

Conjugation

Conjugation of bedūfan (strong class 2)

infinitive	bedūfan	bedūfenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	bedūfe	bedēaf
second person singular	bedȳfst	bedufe
third person singular	bedȳfþ	bedēaf
plural	bedūfaþ	bedufon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	bedūfe	bedufe
plural	bedūfen	bedufen
imperative
singular	bedūf
plural	bedūfaþ
participle	present	past
	bedūfende	bedofen

Derived terms

• bedofen

Descendants

• Middle English: *bidiven; bedoven (“past participle”)
  • English: bedive (?); bedoven

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “bedúfan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.