*bidjaną

Runic: ᛒᛁᛞᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈbið.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

to make a request (of/for);
to ask (of person)
to request, ask (for something)

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰédʰ-ye/o-, from *gʷʰedʰ- (‘to request, pray, ask for), or alternatively from *bʰedʰ- (‘to bend, bow’) (compare the root of *bindaną (‘to bind, tie’)). Not, as sometimes suggested, related to *bīdaną (‘to wait, wait for, await’). Related to *bedō (‘a request, prayer, plea’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	bidjō	bidjaų	–
2nd singular	bidisi	bidjais	bidi
3rd singular	bidiþi	bidjai	bidjaþau
1st dual	bidjōs	bidjaiw	–
2nd dual	bidjaþiz	bidjaiþiz	bidjaþiz
1st plural	bidjamaz	bidjaim	–
2nd plural	bidiþ	bidjaiþ	bidiþ
3rd plural	bidjanþi	bidjain	bidjanþau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	bidjai	–
2nd singular	bidjasai	bidjaisau
3rd singular	bidjaþai	bidjaiþau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	bidjanþai	bidjainþau
2nd plural	bidjanþai	bidjainþau
3rd plural	bidjanþai	bidjainþau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	bad	bēdį̄
2nd singular	bast	bēdīz
3rd singular	bad	bēdī
1st dual	bēdū	bēdīw
2nd dual	bēdudiz	bēdīdiz
1st plural	bēdum	bēdīm
2nd plural	bēdud	bēdīd
3rd plural	bēdun	bēdīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
bidjaną	bidjandz	bedanaz

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Descendants

*biddjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- bidden (Old Dutch)
  - bidden (Middle Dutch)
    - baeje (Limburgish)
*biddjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- bidden (Old Dutch)
  - bidden (Middle Dutch)
    - bidden (Dutch)
      - bid (Afrikaans)
*biddjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- biddan (Old English)
  - bidden (Middle English)
    - bid (English)
    - bid (Scots)
*biddjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- bidda (Old Frisian)
  - bade, bad, ber (North Frisian)
  - bidje (Saterland Frisian)
  - bidde (West Frisian)
*biddjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- bitten (Old High German)
  - bitten (Middle High German)
    - bitten (German)
    - ביטן (bitn) (Yiddish)
*biddjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- biddian (Old Saxon)
  - bidden (Middle Low German)
    - bidden (Low German)
    - beeden, bedden (Plautdietsch)
biðja, ᛒᛁᚦᛁᛅ (biþia), ᛒᛅᚦ (baþ) (Old Norse)
- biðja (Faroese)
- biðja (Icelandic)
- bidja, beda, be (Norwegian Nynorsk)
biðja, ᛒᛁᚦᛁᛅ (biþia), ᛒᛅᚦ (baþ) (Old Norse)
- bede (Danish)
  - bede, be (Norwegian Bokmål)
biðja, ᛒᛁᚦᛁᛅ (biþia), ᛒᛅᚦ (baþ) (Old Norse)
- biþia, bedhia (Old Swedish)
  - bedja, be (Swedish)
𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bidjan) (Gothic)

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