ask.pst.3sg

biddan

V (v-strong-5)

BID, order, require

Source: https://bosworthtoller.com/4228, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/biddan#Old_English

Attested in Aelfric's Colloquy 1 (biddaþ), Ætherlwold's Reforms (bæd)

originates from

PWGmc *biddjan "to ask for" (oe-postconsonantal-j) through pwgmc-to-oe

(source: Ringe 2014:51)

PGmc *bedjan- "to ask for" (bedjan- > beddjan > beddan) through pgmc-to-oe

(source: Kroonen 2013:57)

Inflected forms

biddaþ "ask.pres.1pl" (oe-1pl)

bæd "ask.pst.3sg" (oe-past-3sg)

Paradigms