Borrowed from Middle Low German bedüren. By surface analysis, be- + dyr (“dear”) + -a. Cognate of Danish bedyre, German beteuern.
bedyra (present bedyrar, preterite bedyrade, supine bedyrat, imperative bedyra)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | bedyra | bedyras | ||
Supine | bedyrat | bedyrats | ||
Imperative | bedyra | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | bedyren | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | bedyrar | bedyrade | bedyras | bedyrades |
Ind. plural1 | bedyra | bedyrade | bedyras | bedyrades |
Subjunctive2 | bedyre | bedyrade | bedyres | bedyrades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | bedyrande | |||
Past participle | bedyrad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |