"biðja" meaning in Old Norse

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Verb

IPA: /ˈbiðjɑ/ (note: 12th century Icelandic) Forms: bað [indicative, past, singular], báðu [indicative, past, plural], beðinn [participle, past], ᛒᛁᚦᛁᛅ [alternative, infinitive], ᛒᛅᚦ [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask for, request”). Cognate with Old English biddan, Old Frisian bidda, Old Saxon biddian, Old High German bitten, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bidjan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ- (“to request, pray, ask for”). Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*bidjaną||to ask for, request}} Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask for, request”), {{cog|ang|biddan}} Old English biddan, {{cog|ofs|bidda}} Old Frisian bidda, {{cog|osx|biddian}} Old Saxon biddian, {{cog|goh|bitten}} Old High German bitten, {{cog|got|𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bidjan), {{der|non|ine-pro|*gʷʰedʰ-||to request, pray, ask for}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ- (“to request, pray, ask for”) Head templates: {{head|non|verb|singular past indicative|bað||{{{spast2}}}|plural past indicative|báðu||{{{ppast2}}}||{{{ppast3}}}|past participle|beðinn||{{{pp2}}}|head=|tr=}} biðja (singular past indicative bað, plural past indicative báðu, past participle beðinn), {{non-verb|bað|báðu|beðinn}} biðja (singular past indicative bað, plural past indicative báðu, past participle beðinn) Inflection templates: {{non-conj-cell|biðja|infinitive|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðjandi|pres_part|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|beðinn|past_part|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bið|pres_ind_1sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bað|past_ind_1sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðja|pres_sub_1sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bæða|past_sub_1sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðr|pres_ind_2sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bazt|past_ind_2sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðir|pres_sub_2sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bæðir|past_sub_2sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðr|pres_ind_3sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bað|past_ind_3sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biði|pres_sub_3sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bæði|past_sub_3sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðjum|pres_ind_1pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|báðum|past_ind_1pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðim|pres_sub_1pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bæðim|past_sub_1pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðið|pres_ind_2pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|báðuð|past_ind_2pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðið|pres_sub_2pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bæðið|past_sub_2pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðja|pres_ind_3pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|báðu|past_ind_3pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biði|pres_sub_3pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bæði|past_sub_3pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bið|impr_2sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðjum|impr_1pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðið|impr_2pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðjask|infinitive|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðjandisk|pres_part|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|beðizk|past_part|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðjumk|pres_ind_1sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|báðumk|past_ind_1sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðjumk|pres_sub_1sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bæðumk|past_sub_1sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bizk|pres_ind_2sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bazk|past_ind_2sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðisk|pres_sub_2sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bæðisk|past_sub_2sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bizk|pres_ind_3sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bazk|past_ind_3sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðisk|pres_sub_3sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bæðisk|past_sub_3sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðjumsk|pres_ind_1pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|báðumsk|past_ind_1pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðimsk|pres_sub_1pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bæðimsk|past_sub_1pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðizk|pres_ind_2pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|báðuzk|past_ind_2pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðizk|pres_sub_2pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bæðizk|past_sub_2pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðjask|pres_ind_3pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|báðusk|past_ind_3pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðisk|pres_sub_3pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bæðisk|past_sub_3pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|bizk|impr_2sg|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðjumsk|impr_1pl|{{{mode}}}}}, {{non-conj-cell|biðizk|impr_2pl|{{{mode}}}}}
  1. to ask, beg, request
    Sense id: en-biðja-non-verb-OHAm9ohn
  2. to pray
    Sense id: en-biðja-non-verb-fAQ9Uxpe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beðinn (english: asked, requested), biðja konu (english: to ask in marriage), biðjask fyrir (english: to say one's prayers), biðjask undan (english: to excuse oneself)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "asked, requested",
      "word": "beðinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to ask in marriage",
      "word": "biðja konu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to say one's prayers",
      "word": "biðjask fyrir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to excuse oneself",
      "word": "biðjask undan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "biðja"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: biðja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: biðja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "biðja"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: biðja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: biðja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "bidja",
            "3": "beda",
            "4": "be"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: bidja, beda, be",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: bidja, beda, be"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "biþia"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: biþia, bedhia\nSwedish: bedja, be",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: biþia, bedhia\nSwedish: bedja, be"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "bede"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: bede",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: bede"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "bede",
            "3": "be"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: bede, be",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: bede, be"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*bidjaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to ask for, request"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask for, request”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "biddan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English biddan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "bidda"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian bidda",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "biddian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon biddian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "bitten"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German bitten",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bidjan)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷʰedʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to request, pray, ask for"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ- (“to request, pray, ask for”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask for, request”). Cognate with Old English biddan, Old Frisian bidda, Old Saxon biddian, Old High German bitten, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bidjan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ- (“to request, pray, ask for”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bað",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "báðu",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðinn",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᛒᛁᚦᛁᛅ",
      "roman": "biþia",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᛒᛅᚦ",
      "roman": "baþ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "10": "{{{ppast2}}}",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{ppast3}}}",
        "13": "past participle",
        "14": "beðinn",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pp2}}}",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "singular past indicative",
        "4": "bað",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{spast2}}}",
        "7": "plural past indicative",
        "8": "báðu",
        "9": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "biðja (singular past indicative bað, plural past indicative báðu, past participle beðinn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bað",
        "2": "báðu",
        "3": "beðinn"
      },
      "expansion": "biðja (singular past indicative bað, plural past indicative báðu, past participle beðinn)",
      "name": "non-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðja",
        "2": "infinitive",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðjandi",
        "2": "pres_part",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "beðinn",
        "2": "past_part",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bið",
        "2": "pres_ind_1sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bað",
        "2": "past_ind_1sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðja",
        "2": "pres_sub_1sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bæða",
        "2": "past_sub_1sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðr",
        "2": "pres_ind_2sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bazt",
        "2": "past_ind_2sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðir",
        "2": "pres_sub_2sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bæðir",
        "2": "past_sub_2sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðr",
        "2": "pres_ind_3sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bað",
        "2": "past_ind_3sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biði",
        "2": "pres_sub_3sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bæði",
        "2": "past_sub_3sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðjum",
        "2": "pres_ind_1pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "báðum",
        "2": "past_ind_1pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðim",
        "2": "pres_sub_1pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bæðim",
        "2": "past_sub_1pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðið",
        "2": "pres_ind_2pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "báðuð",
        "2": "past_ind_2pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðið",
        "2": "pres_sub_2pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bæðið",
        "2": "past_sub_2pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðja",
        "2": "pres_ind_3pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "báðu",
        "2": "past_ind_3pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biði",
        "2": "pres_sub_3pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bæði",
        "2": "past_sub_3pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bið",
        "2": "impr_2sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðjum",
        "2": "impr_1pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðið",
        "2": "impr_2pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðjask",
        "2": "infinitive",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðjandisk",
        "2": "pres_part",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "beðizk",
        "2": "past_part",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðjumk",
        "2": "pres_ind_1sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "báðumk",
        "2": "past_ind_1sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðjumk",
        "2": "pres_sub_1sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bæðumk",
        "2": "past_sub_1sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bizk",
        "2": "pres_ind_2sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bazk",
        "2": "past_ind_2sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðisk",
        "2": "pres_sub_2sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bæðisk",
        "2": "past_sub_2sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bizk",
        "2": "pres_ind_3sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bazk",
        "2": "past_ind_3sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðisk",
        "2": "pres_sub_3sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bæðisk",
        "2": "past_sub_3sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðjumsk",
        "2": "pres_ind_1pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "báðumsk",
        "2": "past_ind_1pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðimsk",
        "2": "pres_sub_1pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bæðimsk",
        "2": "past_sub_1pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðizk",
        "2": "pres_ind_2pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "báðuzk",
        "2": "past_ind_2pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðizk",
        "2": "pres_sub_2pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bæðizk",
        "2": "past_sub_2pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðjask",
        "2": "pres_ind_3pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "báðusk",
        "2": "past_ind_3pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðisk",
        "2": "pres_sub_3pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bæðisk",
        "2": "past_sub_3pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bizk",
        "2": "impr_2sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðjumsk",
        "2": "impr_1pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðizk",
        "2": "impr_2pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    }
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  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For silence I ask / all holy kindreds […]",
          "ref": "Vǫluspá, verse 1, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1",
          "text": "Hljóðs bið ek allar / helgar kindir, […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to ask, beg, request"
      ],
      "id": "en-biðja-non-verb-OHAm9ohn",
      "links": [
        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ],
        [
          "beg",
          "beg"
        ],
        [
          "request",
          "request"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] many times he rose in the night and prayed to the merciful God for [his] friends. […]",
          "ref": "Saga Ólafs konúngs Tryggvasonar 279, in 1827, S. Egilsson, Þ. Guðmundsson, Fornmanna sögur, Volume III. Copenhagen, page 48",
          "text": "[…] hann vakti laungum um nóttum ok bað til guðs góðgjarnliga fur vinum. […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pray"
      ],
      "id": "en-biðja-non-verb-fAQ9Uxpe",
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        [
          "pray",
          "pray"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbiðjɑ/",
      "note": "12th century Icelandic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biðja"
}
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    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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    {
      "english": "asked, requested",
      "word": "beðinn"
    },
    {
      "english": "to ask in marriage",
      "word": "biðja konu"
    },
    {
      "english": "to say one's prayers",
      "word": "biðjask fyrir"
    },
    {
      "english": "to excuse oneself",
      "word": "biðjask undan"
    }
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            "1": "is",
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          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: biðja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: biðja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "biðja"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: biðja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: biðja"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "4": "be"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: bidja, beda, be",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: bidja, beda, be"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "biþia"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: biþia, bedhia\nSwedish: bedja, be",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: biþia, bedhia\nSwedish: bedja, be"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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      ],
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    },
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        {
          "args": {
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            "3": "be"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: bede, be",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽"
      },
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      "form": "beðinn",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "ᛒᛁᚦᛁᛅ",
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        "alternative",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ᛒᛅᚦ",
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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        "15": "",
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        "5": "",
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        "9": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
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    },
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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    },
    {
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    },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "pres_sub_1pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    },
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    },
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "past_ind_3pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biði",
        "2": "pres_sub_3pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "past_sub_3pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
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    },
    {
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        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    },
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
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      "args": {
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    },
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
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    {
      "args": {
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      "args": {
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    },
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
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    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "biðizk",
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "báðuzk",
        "2": "past_ind_2pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðizk",
        "2": "pres_sub_2pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bæðizk",
        "2": "past_sub_2pl",
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
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        "1": "biðjask",
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðisk",
        "2": "pres_sub_3pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bæðisk",
        "2": "past_sub_3pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bizk",
        "2": "impr_2sg",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðjumsk",
        "2": "impr_1pl",
        "3": "{{{mode}}}"
      },
      "name": "non-conj-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biðizk",
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      },
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  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For silence I ask / all holy kindreds […]",
          "ref": "Vǫluspá, verse 1, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1",
          "text": "Hljóðs bið ek allar / helgar kindir, […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to ask, beg, request"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ask",
          "ask"
        ],
        [
          "beg",
          "beg"
        ],
        [
          "request",
          "request"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] many times he rose in the night and prayed to the merciful God for [his] friends. […]",
          "ref": "Saga Ólafs konúngs Tryggvasonar 279, in 1827, S. Egilsson, Þ. Guðmundsson, Fornmanna sögur, Volume III. Copenhagen, page 48",
          "text": "[…] hann vakti laungum um nóttum ok bað til guðs góðgjarnliga fur vinum. […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pray"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pray",
          "pray"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbiðjɑ/",
      "note": "12th century Icelandic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biðja"
}

Download raw JSONL data for biðja meaning in Old Norse (10.1kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "biðja"
  ],
  "section": "Old Norse",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "biðja",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 6"
}

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  "called_from": "page/1896",
  "msg": "Template nesting error: template_nesting = 60 couldn't split inflection templates, biðja/Old Norse section conjugation",
  "path": [
    "biðja"
  ],
  "section": "Old Norse",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "biðja",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Norse dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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