bebeodan

Old English

Etymology

From be- +‎ bēodan. Cognate with Old Frisian bibiāda, Old High German bibiotan.

Verb

bebēodan

  1. To give a by-command or a gentle command, order, enjoin.
  2. To give up, offer, commend, commit.
  3. To announce.

Conjugation
Conjugation of bebēodan (strong class 2)
infinitive bebēodan tō bebēodenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular bebēode bebēad
2nd-person singular bebīetest bebude
3rd-person singular bebīeteþ bebēad
plural bebēodaþ bebudon
subjunctive present past
singular bebēode bebude
plural bebēoden bebuden
imperative
singular bebēod
plural bebēodaþ
participle present past
bebēodende beboden

Descendants
  • Middle English: bebeoden (early), bebeden

References
  • bebeódan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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