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BIDDAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
BIDDAN, ic bidde, ðú biddest, bidst, bitst, he biddeþ, bit, byt, bitt, pl. biddaþ; impert. bide, pl. biddaþ; p. ic, he bæd, ðú bǽde, pl. bǽdon; pp. beden : followed by an acc. of the person, or by the prep. to, and a gen. of the thing; v. trans. To ask, pray, intreat, beseech,
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §157; §254; §272; §273; §299; §300; §305; §475; §476; §478; §484; §507;
BID, order, require; petere, poscere, orare, quærere, precari, deprecari, rogare, postulare, præcipere, requirere
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  • Ic bidde

    peto,

      Ælfc. Gr. 28, 1; Som. 30, 41.
  • Eádréd, cyning, biddeþ and hálsaþ

    Eadred, king, prayeth and intreateth,

      Cod. Dipl. 433, A. D. 955; Kmbl. ii. 304, 24 : Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 31.
  • Ic bidde

    precor,

      25; Som. 27, 11.
  • Andreas ongann merelíðendum miltsa biddan

    Andrew began to ask mercy for the sea faring men,

      Andr. Kmbl. 706; An. 353.
  • Hú hí hine bǽdon [MS. bædan] rihtes geleáfan and fullwihtes bæðes

    how they had asked him the favour of a right belief and of a font of baptism,

      Ors. 6, 34; Bos. 130, 30.
  • Ongunnon ealle biddan ðæs ðe he bæd

    all began to pray that which he prayed,

      Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 30.
  • Hý him to eów árna bǽdun

    they prayed to you for compassion,

      Exon. 27 b; Th. 83, 9; Cri. 1353.
  • Bide hine

    ora eum,

      Ps. Spl. 36, 6.
  • Ic bidde ðé mín Drihten

    quæso Domine mi,

      Gen. 19, 18.
  • We biddaþ

    quæsumus,

      Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 41.
  • Ðone alwaldan ára biddan

    to intreat the all-powerful for benefits,

      Cd. 217; Th. 277, 24; Sat. 209.
  • Gehýr, God, gebéd mín ðon is bidde

    exaudi, Deus, orationem meam cum deprecor,

      Ps. Spl. 63, 1.
  • Biddaþ

    rogate,

      Ps. Th. 121, 6.
  • He bitt sibbe

    rogat ea quæ pacis sunt,

      Lk. Bos. 14, 32.
  • Gif he bit æg

    si petierit ovum,

      11, 12.
  • Gif hit [cild] æges bitt

    if he ask for an egg,

      Homl. Th. i. 250, 9.
  • Gif hit [cild] hine hláfes bitt

    if he ask him for bread,

      250, 8.
  • Gif he byt fisces

    if he ask for a fish,

      Lk. Bos. 11, 11.
  • Bide me

    postula a me,

      Ps. Th. 2, 8.
  • Hí dóþ swá ic bidde

    they do as I bid,

      Beo. Th. 2467; B. 1231.
  • He bæd him hláfas wyrcan

    he bade him make loaves,

      Cd. 228; Th. 307, 1; Sat. 673.
  • Ðú bitst me ðæt ic lǽde út ðis folc

    præcipis ut educam populum istum,

      Ex. 33, 12.
  • Bide his me eft

    de manu mea require illum,

      Gen. 43, 9.
Etymology
[Orm. bidden : Laym. bidde, bidden; he biddeþ, pl. biddeþ; impert. bide, bid : O. Sax. biddean : Frs. bidde : O. Frs. bidda : Dut. bidden : N. Ger. M. H. Ger. bitten : O. H. Ger. bitjan : Goth. bidyan : Dan. bede : Swed. bedja : O. Nrs. poet. biðja petere, rogare.]
Derived forms
bedd
Linked entries
v.  a-biddan bæd be-biddan BÉD bedd beden biddere.
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