Participles
| Present | bēodende |
| Past | (ġe)boden |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | bēode |
| 2nd sing. | bīetst |
| 3rd sing. | bīett; bīet |
| 1st plur. | bēodaþ |
| 2nd plur. | bēodaþ |
| 3rd plur. | bēodaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | bēad |
| 2nd sing. | bude |
| 3rd sing. | bēad |
| 1st plur. | budon |
| 2nd plur. | budon |
| 3rd plur. | budon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | bēode |
| 2nd sing. | bēode |
| 3rd sing. | bēode |
| 1st plur. | bēoden |
| 2nd plur. | bēoden |
| 3rd plur. | bēoden |
Past
| 1st sing. | bude |
| 2nd sing. | bude |
| 3rd sing. | bude |
| 1st plur. | buden |
| 2nd plur. | buden |
| 3rd plur. | buden |
Imperative
| Singular | bēod |
| Plural | bēodaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'beodan'
beodan,
Verbs similar to 'beodan'
abeodan,
bendan,
leodan,
reodan,
þeodan,
aþeodan,
bædan,
beatan,
bebeodan,
bedon,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *beudan.
2. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian biāda, Old Saxon biodan, Middle Dutch bieden (Dutch bieden), Old High German biotan (German bieten), Old Norse bjóða (Danish byde, Swedish bjuda (“command, show”)), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (anabiudan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek πυνθάνομαι (punthánomai, “learn”), Sanskrit बुध्यते (búdhyate, “wake”), Old Church Slavonic бъдети (bŭdeti) (Russian буди́ть (budítʹ, “wake”)), Lithuanian budėti (“awake”). See: Old Saxon '
biodan', Middle Dutch '
bieden', Dutch '
bieden', Old High German 'biotan', German, old spelling '
bieten', Danish '
byde', Swedish '
bjuda', Greek, Ancient '
πυνθάνομαι', Sanskrit '
बुध्यते', Russian '
буди́ть', Lithuanian '
budėti'.
Sample Sentences
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Hafa arna þanc ðara, ðe ðu unc bude. (Thanks for the kindnesses which you offered us as host.)
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Swylċe ġēac monað ġeōmran reorde, singeð sumeres weard, sorge bēodeð bitter in brēosthord. (Also cuckoo goads with the sad voice, the summer’s guard sings, gives bitter sorrow in heart.) [10th century, The Seafarer:]
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Geacas gear budon. (Cuckoos announced the year.)
Cognates
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