gebidan – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of gebidan

Infinitive

ġebīdan
ġebīdenne

Participles

Presentġebīdende
Pastġebiden

Indicative

Present

1st sing.ġebīde
2nd sing.ġebītst
3rd sing.ġebītt; ġebīt
1st plur.ġebīdaþ
2nd plur.ġebīdaþ
3rd plur.ġebīdaþ

Past

1st sing.ġebād
2nd sing.ġebide
3rd sing.ġebād
1st plur.ġebidon
2nd plur.ġebidon
3rd plur.ġebidon

Subjunctive

Present

1st sing.ġebīde
2nd sing.ġebīde
3rd sing.ġebīde
1st plur.ġebīden
2nd plur.ġebīden
3rd plur.ġebīden

Past

1st sing.ġebide
2nd sing.ġebide
3rd sing.ġebide
1st plur.ġebiden
2nd plur.ġebiden
3rd plur.ġebiden

Imperative

Singularġebīd
Pluralġebīdaþ

Verbs conjugated like 'gebidan'

gebidan,

Etymology

From ġe- + bīdan. Cognate with Old Saxon gibīdan, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (gabeidan).

Sample Sentences

  • Exeter Book, The Wanderer
  • Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
  • Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ
  • A loner oft waits a grace for himself, (Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful)
  • Exeter Book, The Wanderer
  • Beorn sceal ġebīdan þonne hē bēot spriceð oþþæt collenferð cunne ġearwe hwider hreþra ġehyġd hweorfan wille. (A man must pause when he utters a boast, until, for all his magnanimity, he really know whither his heart's meditation will tend.)
  • Mæġ iċ be mē sylfum · sōðġied wrecan,
  • sīþas seċġan, · hū iċ ġeswincdagum
  • earfoðhwīle · oft þrōwade,
  • bitre brēostċeare · ġebiden hæbbe, (I can utter a true tale about myself,
  • tell goings on how I by days of hardship
  • oft tholed the times of hardship,
  • have withstood bitter sorrow,) [10th century, The Seafarer:]

Cognates

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