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b
i
ddan
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
)