Participles
| Present | bifiende |
| Past | (ġe)bifod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | bifiġe |
| 2nd sing. | bifast |
| 3rd sing. | bifaþ |
| 1st plur. | bifiaþ |
| 2nd plur. | bifiaþ |
| 3rd plur. | bifiaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | bifode |
| 2nd sing. | bifodest |
| 3rd sing. | bifode |
| 1st plur. | bifodon |
| 2nd plur. | bifodon |
| 3rd plur. | bifodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | bifiġe |
| 2nd sing. | bifiġe |
| 3rd sing. | bifiġe |
| 1st plur. | bifiġen |
| 2nd plur. | bifiġen |
| 3rd plur. | bifiġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | bifode |
| 2nd sing. | bifode |
| 3rd sing. | bifode |
| 1st plur. | bifoden |
| 2nd plur. | bifoden |
| 3rd plur. | bifoden |
Imperative
| Singular | bifa |
| Plural | bifiaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'bifian'
cnossian,
hwisprian,
hwistlian,
sagian,
sacian,
sadian,
solian,
siwian,
sipian,
yrsian,
myrþrian,
fuglian,
fundian,
fulwian,
fullian,
leornian,
borcian,
borgian,
beorhtian,
wohhian, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bifian'
lifian,
wifian,
badian,
baðian,
barian,
batian,
baþian,
beþian,
bidan,
biddan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bibēn.
Sample Sentences
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c. 992, Ælfric, "Likewise of Saint Peter"
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Hēo fēoll bifiġendu tō þæs Hǣlendes fōtum. (She fell trembling at Jesus' feet.)
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c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 27:51 (The curtain of the temple was torn in half from top to bottom, and the earth shook, and rocks split open.)
Cognates
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