Which is, I believe, related to the archaic English word 'bid' (past tense 'bade') -- as in, "He bid them depart." or "I bid you farewell."

Jamie


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
To: "Fred Logue" <norse_course@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 5:30:13 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re[2]: [norse_course] Re: I need help with the word beidi

At 11:23:53 AM on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, Fred Logue wrote:

> Is it not related to the German word: beide: both?

No.  It's cognate with Old High German <beiten> 'to urge,
demand, force', which survives in Swiss German <beiten> 'to
force'.  It's also related to German <bitten> 'to request'.
The ON cognate of German <beide> is <bæði> 'both'.

Brian