beodan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ-. 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 *𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*biudan) (attested in compounds). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek πυνθάνομαι (punthánomai, “learn”), Sanskrit बुध्यते (búdhyate, “wake”), Old Church Slavonic бъдети (bŭdeti) (Russian будить (buditʹ, “wake”)), Lithuanian budeti (“awake”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːo̯dɑn/

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 tō bēodanne
indicative present past
1st-person singular bēode bēad
2nd-person singular bīetst bude
3rd-person singular bīet bēad
plural bēodaþ budon
subjunctive present past
singular bēode bude
plural bēoden buden
imperative
singular bēod(e)
plural bēodaþ
participle present past
bēodende (ġe)boden

Derived terms
  • bēodian

Descendants
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