From Old Swedish bedragha, from Middle Low German bedregen, from Old Saxon bidriogan, from Proto-West Germanic *bidreugan. By surface analysis, be- + draga, etymologically equivalent to be- + dryga. Displaced native svika in this sense.
bedraga (present bedrager, preterite bedrog, supine bedragit, imperative bedrag)
The apocopic form bedra is used much more often in today's Swedish.
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bedraga | bedragas | ||
| supine | bedragit | bedragits | ||
| imperative | bedrag | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | bedragen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | bedrager | bedrog | bedrags, bedrages | bedrogs |
| ind. plural1 | bedraga | bedrogo | bedragas | bedrogos |
| subjunctive2 | bedrage | bedroge | bedrages | bedroges |
| present participle | bedragande | |||
| past participle | bedragen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.