Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *baidijanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_baidijaną
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*bʰeydʰ-to trust, convince
verbWeak class 1to force, compel, demandto constrain, cause to stayFrom *bīdaną (‘to wait’) + *-(i)janą (causative suffix forming Weak class 1 verbs). Ultimately from *bʰoydʰ-éye/o-, from an o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeydʰ- (‘to trust, convince’).