buð

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• boð (West Norse)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *budą (“offer, message”), cognate with Dutch bod, German Gebot.

Noun

buð n (genitive buðs, plural buð) (Old East Norse)

1. offer
2. message

Declension

  Declension of buð (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	buð	buðit	buð	buðin
accusative	buð	buðit	buð	buðin
dative	buði	buðinu	buðum	buðumin
genitive	buðs	buðsins	buða	buðanna

Descendants

• Old Swedish: buþ, boþ
  • Swedish: bud
• Old Danish: buth, both
  • Danish: bud
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bud