beodan
Old English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Verb edit
bēodan
- to offer, give
- Hafa arna þanc ðara, ðe ðu unc bude.
- Thanks for the kindnesses which you offered us as host.
- to proclaim, announce
- Geacas gear budon.
- Cuckoos announced the year.
Conjugation edit
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 |