gebeodan

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Old English

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Etymology

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From ġe- +‎ bēodan. Cognate with Old Saxon gibiodan, Old High German gibiotan (German gebieten).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ġebēodan

  1. to command, order, summon
  2. to proclaim, announce
  3. to propose, grant, give, offer
    • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
      Æfter þǣm þe Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs IIII hunde wintra ⁊ II, þætte Cartaina þǣre burge ǣrendracan cōmon tō Rōme ⁊ him ġebudon þæt hīe frið him betwēonum hæfden...
      Four hundred and two years after the city of Rome was built, ambassadors [from] the city of Carthage came to Rome and proposed that there be peace between them...

Conjugation

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