Part of speech: verb
Verb type: strong verb (2)
1. to command, order, bid; 2. to offer; to give, grant; 3. to declare, announce; to notify, inform
Etymology
[Mod E BID ← Prot-Germ *beudan; Goth (ana-)biudan “to command, order; to instruct”; O Fris biāda “to rule; to offer”; O Sax biodan “to offer”; Dt bieden “to offer”; OHG biotan “to offer; to command, order” (Mod G bieten); Icel bjóða “to offer; to invite; to command” ← Indo-Europ *bheudh-; Sanskr bódhati “to wake; to perceive, understand”; Avest baoδaiti “to perceive, pay attention”; Anc Gr πεύθομαι “to learn, hear; to ask”; Lith budéti “to be awake; to be alert/vigilant”; báudyti “to incite”; O Slav боудити “to wake (up)” (Russ будить)]
Paradigm
4.1.2. - II class
II class | infinitive | past tense singular | past tense plural | past participle |
to fly | fléoȝan | fléaȝ, fléah | fluȝon | floȝen |
to choose, select | céosan | céas | curon | coren |
to pull, draw, drag | téon | téah | tuȝon | toȝen |
to bow; to bend | búȝan | béaȝ, béah | buȝon | boȝen |
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