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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną. Cognate with Old Frisian bidda, Old Saxon biddian, Old Dutch bidden, Old High German bitten, Old Norse biðja, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bidjan).
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Verb
biddan
- to ask (+ accusative someone, + genitive for something)
- to beg (+ accusative someone, + genitive for something)
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
Būtan þām ǣhtum, ġelīċe sind þā þe biddaþ and þā þe him æt biddaþ.- Aside from possessions, those who beg are the same as those they beg from.
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