bjode

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bjoda (a infinitive)
• byda, byde
• by (also Norwegian Bokmål)

Etymology

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

Verb

bjode (present tense byd or byder, past tense baud, past participle bode or bodi, present participle bjodande, imperative bjod)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of by