gebiddan

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *gabiddjan, from Proto-Germanic *gabidjaną. Equivalent to ġe- +‎ biddan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jeˈbid.dɑn/ === Verb === ġebiddan to pray (often with a reflexive dative or accusative pronoun) Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church to pray to, worship (often with a reflexive dative or accusative pronoun) to ask for something (+ accusative of person asked) (+ genitive of thing requested) ==== Conjugation ==== A weak preterite plural form ġebiddon also exists. ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: ȝebidden, ybidden, ibidden