bedufan
Old English
Etymology
From be- + dūfan- + to dive, sink.
Verb
bedūfan
- To put under, submerge, immerse, drown.
Conjugation
Conjugation of bedūfan (strong class 2)
infinitive | bedūfan | tō bedūfenne |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | bedūfe | bedēaf |
2nd-person singular | bedȳfest | bedufe |
3rd-person singular | bedȳfeþ | bedēaf |
plural | bedūfaþ | bedufon |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | bedūfe | bedufe |
plural | bedūfen | bedufen |
imperative | ||
singular | bedūf | |
plural | bedūfaþ | |
participle | present | past |
bedūfende | bedofen |
Derived terms
- bedofen
Descendants
- Middle English: *bidiven; bedoven (“past participle”)
- English: bedive (?); bedoven
References
- bedúfan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary