beodan

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe͜oː.dɑn/

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 II)

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

Derived terms

• ābēodan
• bebēodan
• forbēodan
• ġebēodan
• misbēodan

Related terms

• bēodian

Descendants

• Middle English: beden, beoden, boden, buden, bieden, beiden, beade, bedden
  • English: bid, bede
  • Scots: bid, bede