bedufan

Old English

Etymology

From be- +‎ dūfan- +‎ to dive, sink.

Verb

bedūfan

  1. 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

Descendants
  • Middle English: *bidiven; bedoven (“past participle”)

References
  • bedúfan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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