Participles
| Present | biddende |
| Past | (ġe)beden |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | bidde |
| 2nd sing. | bitst |
| 3rd sing. | bitt; bit |
| 1st plur. | biddaþ |
| 2nd plur. | biddaþ |
| 3rd plur. | biddaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | bæd |
| 2nd sing. | bǣde |
| 3rd sing. | bæd |
| 1st plur. | bǣdon |
| 2nd plur. | bǣdon |
| 3rd plur. | bǣdon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | bidde |
| 2nd sing. | bidde |
| 3rd sing. | bidde |
| 1st plur. | bidden |
| 2nd plur. | bidden |
| 3rd plur. | bidden |
Past
| 1st sing. | bǣde |
| 2nd sing. | bǣde |
| 3rd sing. | bǣde |
| 1st plur. | bǣden |
| 2nd plur. | bǣden |
| 3rd plur. | bǣden |
Imperative
| Singular | bide |
| Plural | biddaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'biddan'
biddan,
Verbs similar to 'biddan'
bidan,
bindan,
abidan,
badian,
bædan,
bendan,
beodan,
biegan,
bieldan,
bifian,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną. Cognate with Old Frisian bidda, Old Saxon biddian, Old Dutch bidden, Old High German bitten, Old Norse biðja, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bidjan). See: Proto-Germanic '
*bidjaną', Old Saxon '
biddian'.
Verbs referencing "biddan"
Middle English
bidden.
Sample Sentences
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c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 20:22 (You two don't know what you're asking for.)
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c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativity of Our Lord"
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Ne bitt hē ūs nānes þinges. (He doesn't ask us for anything.)
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c. 992, Ælfric, "Dedication of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel"
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Sē bisċop ðā funde him tō rǣde, þæt hī mid þrēora daga fæstene, swutelunge þæs wundres æt Gode bǣdon. (The bishop then found it advisable, that they should ask from God an explanation of the miracle with a fast of three days.)
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c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
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Būtan þām ǣhtum, ġelīċe sind þā þe biddaþ and þā þe him æt biddaþ. (Aside from possessions, those who beg are the same as those they beg from.)
Cognates
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