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biddan

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Wright's OE grammar
§96; §157; §254; §272; §273; §299; §300; §305; §475; §476; §478; §484; §507;
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to ask, make a request
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  • Hit bið swá þú bidest.

    • Shrn. 89, 1.
  • Biddað, and gé underfóð,

    • Jn. 16, 24
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  • Nele se sláwa erian on wintra, ac hé wile biddan on sumera,

      Past. 285, 6.
  • þ hé þon bid*-*dendan líf forgeáfe,

    • Bl. H. 19, 35.
to ask, make request to a person (acc.)
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  • Gehýrð Drihten þá þe hine biddað.

    • Ll. Th. ii. 394, 4.
  • Hié mid hálsunga hine bǽdon and þus cwǽdon,

    • Bl. H. 87, 8
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    • 247, 33
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    • 249, 6
    • .
  • Drihten wile ꝥ hine mon bidde,

    • 19, 34
    • .
  • bedene wǽron,

    • Bd. 2, 5
    • ;
    • Sch. 206, 15
    • .
(v. also IV) with object of request given,
by gen. (v. III. 1)
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  • Hé ne biddeð ús nánes þinges.

    • Hex. 44, 1.
  • Bide helpes hine,

    • Dóm. L. 36, 14
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  • Ne biddan wé úrne Drihten þyses lǽnan welan.

    • Bl. H. 21, 10.
  • Hié þá burgware ongunnon ánwigges biddan,

    • 201, 22
    • .
by acc.
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  • Hwæne hé byddan mihte fultum,

    • Ap. Th. 12, 14
    • .
by a clause
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  • Ic ðæc biddo, ðæt him fiónd ne sceððe.

    • Shrn. 73, 3.
  • Bidde,

    • Bl. H. 57, 33
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  • Bide,

    • 151, 23
    • .
  • Ic þé bidde for þínum naman, ꝥ. . .

    • 147, 10.
  • þone þú bǽde, þæt hé ásende his englas,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 416, 15.
with ellipsis of þæt and subject of clause :--
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  • Wilt þú fremdne monnan biddan þé gesecge,

    • Sch. 4.
by infin.
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  • bæd gangan forð góde geféran,

    • By. 170.
with ellipsis of infin.:
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  • Heó bæd hine blíðne (wesan),

    • B. 617.
(4)and (3 a) together
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  • bæd hine áreccan, hwæt seó rún bude, hófe háligu word,

    • Dan. 542-3
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with prep.
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  • Hí ongunnon for his hreddinge God biddan,

    • Hml. Th. i. 534, 27.
to pray to (withprep. ):--
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  • pú tó omnes sanctos bidde, ꝥ hí þé þingian,

    • Dóm. L. 36, 23
    • .
(v. also IV)
to ask for something,
with gen. (v. II a. I)
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  • bideð (bidt, v. l. ) ingonges,

    • Past. 284, 15
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  • bideþ þæs écan leóhtes,

    • Bl. H. 17, 35
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  • Hié biddaþ þínre onlésnesse,

    • 81, 22
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  • Se blinda ne bæd goldes,

    • 21, 5
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  • Ne bidde gé þæs,

    • 227, 13
    • .
with acc.
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  • Dó þæt ic bidde,

    • BI. H. 245, 20
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  • Ne bǽde gé nán þing on mínum naman,

    • Jn. 16, 24
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  • Wé sceolon infær biddan,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 572, 9
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  • Gif þæt byð beden, ná on naman Hælendes byð beden,

    • Scint. 32, 5
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with gen. and acc.
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  • Ne bæd se blinda náðor ne goldes, ne seolfres, ne náne woruldlice ðing,

    • Hml. Th. 1. 158, 20
    • .
with a clause
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  • biddaþ ꝥ þú fram ús ne gewíte,

    • Bl. H. 145, 18.
  • bæd ꝥ hé móste faran,

    • 23, 13
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    • 211, 29
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  • bǽdan ꝥ óþer seonað wǽre,

    • Bd. 2, 2
    • ;
    • Sch. 115, 22
    • .
to ask something of a person,
with gen. of thing
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  • ꝥ hí witon hwæs hí biddað æt Gode,

    • Hml. S. 12, 266
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  • Hé wæs biddende ánes lytles troges æt ánum earman men,

    • Ors. 2, 5
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    • S. 84, 14
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with acc. of thing
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  • Ne bideþ hé æt ús edleán,

    • Bl. H. 103, 20.
  • Swá hwæt swá gé biddað æt mínum Fæder,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 526, 34
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  • bǽdon lǽfe æt mé,

    • Guth. 62, 13
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  • Uton biddan leóht æt úrum Drihtne,

    • Hml. Th. i. 158, 26
    • .
with clause
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  • bæd æt Gode þæt hé móste fandian Ióbes,

    • Hml. Th. i. 6, 10
    • .
with the person for whom request is made, (I) given by dat.
with construction of III. 1
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  • Wé ús forgifnessa (or acc. ?) biddaþ.

    • Bl. H. 19, 29
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  • Men him forgifnesse biddaþ,

    • 77, 17
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    • 107, 22
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  • Sum þearfa sæt nacod, and bæd him hrægles,

    • 213, 33
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  • Ðá cild bǽdon him hláfes, ac næs nán mann ðe ðone hláf him betwýnan tóbrǽce,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 400, 26
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  • Ǽr þ ám þe hé him ryhtes bidde.

    • Ll. Th. i. 90, 3.
with construction of II a. 1
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  • bæd him fultumes willgeþoftan,

    • Gen. 2025
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with construction of II a. 4
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  • bæd him þá rincas rǽd áhicgan,

    • Gen. 2030
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with construction of II b
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  • ꝥ þú him tó þeossum hálgum helpe bidde,

    • Gr. D. 2, 11
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with construction of III a. 2
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  • Hwí ne bidst þú þé beþunga and plaster æt freán,

    • Dóm. L. 80
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  • bæd þám treówe fyrst æt ðám hláforde,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 408, 17
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  • Biddað eów þingunge æt þysum martyrum,

    • i. 88, 33.
with prep.
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  • Bide for ús, þæt God þás nǽddran fram ús áfyrsige,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 238, 14
    • .
construction uncertain
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  • Bæd

    inprecabatur,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 58
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  • Hió wæs beden

    interpellata,

    • 44, 70
    • .
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