Etymology

From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BEODANCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BEODAN *beudan.

Germanic cognates include Old Frisian biāda, Old Saxon biodan, Middle Dutch bieden (Dutch bieden), Old High German biotan (German bieten), Old Norse bjóða (Danish byde, Swedish bjuda (“command, show”)), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (anabiudan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek πυνθάνομαι (punthánomai, “learn”), Sanskrit बुध्यते (búdhyate, “wake”)Category:Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#BEODAN, Old Church Slavonic бъдети (bŭdeti) (Russian буди́ть (budítʹ, “wake”)), Lithuanian budėti (“awake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe͜oː.dɑn/Category:Old English terms with IPA pronunciation#BEODAN
• Rhymes: -e͜oː.dɑnCategory:Rhymes:Old English/e͜oː.dɑn#BEODANCategory:Rhymes:Old English/e͜oː.dɑn/2 syllables#BEODAN

Verb

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1. to offer, give

   Hafa arna þanc ðara, ðe ðu unc bude.

   Thanks for the kindnesses which you offered us as host.

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   • 10th century, The Seafarer:

     Swylċe ġēac monað ġeōmran reorde, singeð sumeres weard, sorge bēodeð bitter in brēosthord.

     Also cuckoo goads with the sad voice, the summer’s guard sings, gives bitter sorrow in heart.

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2. to proclaim, announce

   Geacas gear budon.

   Cuckoos announced the year.

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