𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽

From Proto-Germanic *baidijaną. Cognate with Old English bǣdan (“to compel”) and Old Norse beiða (“to compel”).

𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 • (baidjan)

1. to force, compel
   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Galatians 2:3:

     𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹 𐌽𐌹𐌷 𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃, 𐍃𐌰 𐌼𐌹𐌸 𐌼𐌹𐍃, 𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌺𐍃 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃, 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌹𐌸𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐍃 𐌱𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽.

     akei nih teitus, sa miþ mis, krēks wisands, baidiþs was bimaitan.

     But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised.

   • 4th century C.E., Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Galatians 2:14b:

     𐌾𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹 𐌸𐌿 𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌿𐍃 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌽𐌹 𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉, 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐍉𐍃 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌽?

     jabai þu iudaius wisands þiudiskō libais jah ni iudaiwiskō, ƕaiwa þiudōs baideis iudaiwiskōn?

     If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

• 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gabaidjan)

• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 15