Biðja

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

biðja Old Icelandic word can mean:

biðja

(bið; bað, báðum; beðinn), v.

biðja

1) to ask, beg a thing of one (~ e-n e-s);

biðja

with infin., to beg one to do a thing;

biðja

inn bið þú hann ganga, ask him to step in;

biðja

with the infin. sign ‘at’, to beg leave;

biðja

biðr hann at fara norðr á Hálogaland, asked for furlough to go to H.;

biðja

with ‘at’ and a subj. (~ viljum vér, at þú sér í liðsbóninni með oss);

biðja

~ e-s, to beg for a thing (~ miskunnar, matar);

biðja

~ e-m e-s, to beg for a thing on behalf of one;

biðja

~ e-m lífs, griða, to beg for one’s life, to sue for quarter for another;

biðja

~ sér ölmusu, to ask for alms;

biðja

~ (sér) konu, to ask in marriage;

biðja

~ fyrir e-m, to intercede (pray) for one;

biðja

2) to pray to God (~ til guðs);

biðja

~ bœn sína (bœnar sinnar, bœn sinni), to say one’s prayer;

biðja

3) refl., ~st fyrir, to say one’s prayers;

biðja

~st undan, to excuse oneself (from doing a thing).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚦᛁᛅ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary