beodan
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Old English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Germanic *beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ-. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian biada, Old Saxon biodan, Dutch bieden, Old High German biotan (German bieten), Old Norse bjóða (Danish byde, Swedish bjuda ‘command, show’), Gothic *𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (biudan) (attested in compounds). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek πευθεσθαι (peuthesthai) ‘ask for’, Sanskrit बोधयित ‘wake’, Old Church Slavonic бъдети (Russian будить ‘wake’), Lithuanian budeti ‘awake’.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈbeːodɑn/
Verb [edit]
bēodan (strong class II)
- to offer, give
- Hafa arna þanc ðara, ðe ðu unc bude. Thanks for the kindnesses which you offered us as host.
- to proclaim, announce
- Geacas gear budon. Cuckoos announced the year.
Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of beodan (strong class II)
| indicative | present | preterite |
|---|---|---|
| 1st-person singular | bēode | bēad |
| 2nd-person singular | bīetst | bude |
| 3rd-person singular | bīet | bēad |
| plural | bēodaþ | budon |
| subjunctive | present | preterite |
| singular | bēode | bude |
| plural | bēoden | buden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | bēod(e) | |
| plural | bēodaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| bēodende | (ġe)boden | |
