beodan

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *beudan.

Germanic cognates include Old Frisian biāda, Old Saxon biodan, Middle Dutch bieden (Dutch bieden), Old High German biotan (German bieten), Old Norse bjóða (Danish byde, Swedish bjuda (“command, show”)), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (anabiudan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek πυνθάνομαι (punthánomai, “learn”), Sanskrit बुध्यते (búdhyate, “wake”), Old Church Slavonic бъдети (bŭdeti) (Russian буди́ть (budítʹ, “wake”)), Lithuanian budėti (“awake”).

Pronunciation

Verb

bēodan

  1. to offer, give
    Hafa arna þanc ðara, ðe ðu unc bude.
    Thanks for the kindnesses which you offered us as host.
  2. to proclaim, announce
    Geacas gear budon.
    Cuckoos announced the year.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bēodan (strong class 2)
infinitive bēodan bēodenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular bēode bēad
second person singular bīetst bude
third person singular bīett, bīet bēad
plural bēodaþ budon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular bēode bude
plural bēoden buden
imperative
singular bēod
plural bēodaþ
participle present past
bēodende (ġe)boden

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