bebeodan

Old English

Etymology

From be- +‎ bēodan. Cognate with Old Frisian bibiāda, Old High German bibiotan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈbe͜oː.dɑn/

Verb

bebēodan

1. to command
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Æfter þisum bebēad sē ablenda Datianus þæt mann his dēadan godas dēorwurþlīċe frætewode and þæt deofles templ mid dēorwurþan seolfre, and hēt þider lǣdan þone, wende þæt hē wolde wurþian his godas and his lāc ġeoffrian þām līflēasum godum.

     After this the blinded Datianus ordered that his dead gods be richly adorned and that the Devil's temple be adorned with silver, and ordered the faithful martyr to be brought to there, so that he would worship and offer sacrifices to the lifeless gods.

2. to give up, offer, commend, commit
3. to announce

Conjugation

Conjugation of bebēodan (strong class 2)

infinitive	bebēodan	bebēodenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	bebēode	bebēad
second person singular	bebīetst	bebude
third person singular	bebīett, bebīet	bebēad
plural	bebēodaþ	bebudon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	bebēode	bebude
plural	bebēoden	bebuden
imperative
singular	bebēod
plural	bebēodaþ
participle	present	past
	bebēodende	beboden

Descendants

• Middle English: bebeoden (early), bebeden

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “bebeódan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.