beden

Middle English

verb
Definitions
  • To offer, present
  • To proclaim
  • To command (sense borrowed from bidden (bidden))

Etymology

Inherited from Old English bēodan (announce, command, threaten, summon, declare, proffer, surrender, decree, grant, banish, give, offer, proclaim, inform) inherited from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (offer, present, beg, ask, bid, announce) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwdʰeti (wake, rise up).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰéwdʰeti

Gloss

wake, rise up

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