byde

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish biuthæ, from Old Norse bjóða, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną ‎(“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- ‎(“to wake, rise up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /byːdə/, [ˈb̥yːðˠə]
• (Dialectal Jutlandic) IPA^(key): [ˈbyːɪ̯], [ˈbyːɣ], [ˈbyːɹ], [ˈbiːʊ̯], [ˈbeːɪ̯]

Verb

byde (imperative byd, infinitive at byde, present tense byder, past tense bød, perfect tense er/har budt)

1. order, command, bid
2. ask, invite
3. offer
4. bid (to make an offer)

Synonyms

• (invite): indbyde
• (offer): tilbyde

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• by

Etymology

From Old Norse bjóða, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną ‎(“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- ‎(“to wake, rise up”).

Verb

byde

1. order; command

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

byde (present tense byd or byder, past tense baud or bydde, past participle bode or bydd or bydt, present participle bydande, imperative byd)

1. Alternative form of by