gebeodan

Old English

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ bēodan. Cognate with Old Saxon gibiodan, Old High German gibiotan (German gebieten).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈbe͜oː.dɑn/

Verb

ġebēodan

  1. to command, order, summon
  2. to proclaim, announce
  3. to propose, grant, give, offer
    • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
      Æfter þǣm þe Rōmeburg ġetimbred wæs IIII hunde wintra ⁊ II, þætte Cartaina þǣre burge ǣrendracan cōmon tō Rōme ⁊ him ġebudon þæt hīe frið him betwēonum hæfden...
      Four hundred and two years after the city of Rome was built, ambassadors [from] the city of Carthage came to Rome and proposed that there be peace between them...

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġebēodan (strong, class II)
infinitive ġebēodan ġebēodenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular ġebēode ġebēad
second person singular ġebīetst ġebude
third person singular ġebīett, ġebīet ġebēad
plural ġebēodaþ ġebudon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular ġebēode ġebude
plural ġebēoden ġebuden
imperative
singular ġebēod
plural ġebēodaþ
participle present past
ġebēodende ġeboden
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