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beodan

Pronunciation: /ˈbe͜oː.dɑn/

“beodan” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to offer, give
  2. to proclaim, announce

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *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”),…

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