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BEÓDAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
BEÓDAN, biódan; ic beóde, bióde, ðú beódest, býtst, býst, he beódeþ, být, pl. beódaþ; p. ic, he beád, ðú bude, pl. budon; pp. boden; v. trans.
Wright's OE grammar
§21; §32; §33; §43; §106; §111; §135; §137; §225; §226; §230; §253; §292; §493;
BID, to command, order; jubere, mandare
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  • Ðás þing ic eów beóde

    hæc mando vobis

    • Jn. Bos. 15, 17.

  • He beád Iosepe ðæt he bude his bróðrum

    dixit ad Joseph ut imperaret fratribus suis

    • Gen. 45, 17 : Ors. 6, 7
      • ;
    • Bos. 119, 38 : Andr. Kmbl. 692
      • ;
    • An. 346.
to announce, proclaim, inspire, bode, threaten; nuntiare, annuntiare, nuntium vel mandatum deferre, prædicare, significare, inspirare, minari alicui aliquid
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  • He him friþ beódeþ

    he announces peace to them

    • Exon. 27 b
      • ;
    • Th. 82, 20
      • ;
    • Cri. 1341.

  • Geácas geár budon

    cuckoos announced the year

    • 43 b
      • ;
    • Th. 146, 27
      • ;
    • Gú. 716.

  • Him wæs hild boden

    to him was war proclaimed

    • Elen. Kmbl. 36
      • ;
    • El. 18.

  • Hwæt seó rún bude

    what that mystery boded

    • Cd. 202
      • ;
    • Th. 250, 6
      • ;
    • Dan. 542.

  • Geác monaþ geómran reorde, sorge beódeþ bitter in breósthord

    the cuckoo exhorts with mournful voice, inspires bitter sorrow to the heart

    • Exon. 82 a
      • ;
    • Th. 309, 9
      • ;
    • Seef. 54.

  • Ðeáh him feónda hlóþ feorhcwealm bude

    though the band of fiends threatened death to him

    • 46 a
      • ;
    • Th. 157, 6
      • ;
    • Gú. 887 : Mk. Bos. 10, 48.
to offer, give, grant; offerre, præbere
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  • Beód him ǽrest sibbe

    offerres ei primum pacem

    • Deut. 20, 10.

  • Hafa árna þanc ðara, ðe ðú unc bude

    have thanks for the kindnesses, which thou host offered us

    • Cd. 111
      • ;
    • Th. 147, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 2435
      • .
Etymology
[
Plat. béden
to command, offer :
O. Sax. biodanto offer
:
O.Frs. biada
id :
Dut. bieden
id :
Ger. bieten
id :
M. H. Ger. biuten
id :
O. H. Ger. biotan
id :
Goth. biudan
id :
Dan. byde
to bid, offer :
Swed. bjuda
id :
O. Nrs. bjóða
id.]
Derived forms
a-beódan, bi-, be-, for-, ge-, on-
Linked entries
v.  býd beád be-beódan bédan biódan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BEÓDAN.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/3688.

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