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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.
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §157; §254; §272; §273; §299; §300; §305; §475; §476; §478; §484; §507;
To ask, pray, intreat, beseech, 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,

    • xLk. 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
a-biddan
Similar entries
v. bedd.
Linked entries
v.  a-biddan bæd be-biddan BÉD bedd beden biddende biddere bide.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BIDDAN.” 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/4228.

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