*bīdaną

Runic: ᛒᛁᛞᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈbiː.ðɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 1

Meanings

to wait
to wait for, to await (with genitive)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰ-e/o-, from root *bʰeydʰ- (‘to trust’). Cognate with Ancient Greek πείθω (peíthō) (peíthō, ‘to convince, persuade; succeed, mislead’), Latin fīdō (‘to trust, rely upon’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	bīdō	bīdaų	–
2nd singular	bīdizi	bīdaiz	bīd
3rd singular	bīdidi	bīdai	bīdadau
1st dual	bīdōz	bīdaiw	–
2nd dual	bīdadiz	bīdaidiz	bīdadiz
1st plural	bīdamaz	bīdaim	–
2nd plural	bīdid	bīdaid	bīdid
3rd plural	bīdandi	bīdain	bīdandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	bīdai	–
2nd singular	bīdazai	bīdaizau
3rd singular	bīdadai	bīdaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	bīdandai	bīdaindau
2nd plural	bīdandai	bīdaindau
3rd plural	bīdandai	bīdaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	baid	bidį̄
2nd singular	baist	bidīz
3rd singular	baid	bidī
1st dual	bidū	bidīw
2nd dual	bidudiz	bidīdiz
1st plural	bidum	bidīm
2nd plural	bidud	bidīd
3rd plural	bidun	bidīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
bīdaną	bīdandz	bidanaz

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Descendants

*bīdan (Proto-West Germanic)
- bīdan (Old Dutch)
  - biden (Middle Dutch)
    - beiden (Dutch)
*bīdan (Proto-West Germanic)
- bīdan (Old English)
  - biden (Middle English)
    - bide (English)
    - byde, bide (Scots)
*bīdan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bīda (Old Frisian)
  - bida (North Frisian)
*bīdan (Proto-West Germanic)
- bītan, pītan (Old High German)
  - bīten (Middle High German)
    - beite (Alemannic German)
    - beiten (German)
*bīdan (Proto-West Germanic)
- bīdan (Old Saxon)
  - bîden (Middle Low German)
    - bieden (Low German)
bíða (Old Norse)
- bíða (Faroese)
- bide (Gutnish)
- bíða (Icelandic)
- bie, bissens (Norwegian Bokmål)
- bie, bia, bide, bida (Norwegian Nynorsk)
bíða (Old Norse)
- bīthæ (Old Danish)
  - bie (Danish)
bíða (Old Norse)
- bīþa (Old Swedish)
  - bida (Swedish)
𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (beidan) (Gothic)

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