Participles
| Present | būende |
| Past | (ġe)bȳn; (ġe)būn |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | būe |
| 2nd sing. | bȳst |
| 3rd sing. | bȳþ |
| 1st plur. | būaþ |
| 2nd plur. | būaþ |
| 3rd plur. | būaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | būde |
| 2nd sing. | būdest |
| 3rd sing. | būde |
| 1st plur. | būdon |
| 2nd plur. | būdon |
| 3rd plur. | būdon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | būe |
| 2nd sing. | būe |
| 3rd sing. | būe |
| 1st plur. | būen |
| 2nd plur. | būen |
| 3rd plur. | būen |
Past
| 1st sing. | būde |
| 2nd sing. | būde |
| 3rd sing. | būde |
| 1st plur. | būden |
| 2nd plur. | būden |
| 3rd plur. | būden |
Verbs conjugated like 'buan'
buan,
Verbs similar to 'buan'
bugan,
abugan,
acan,
ælan,
æwan,
agan,
alan,
bacan,
bædan,
bætan,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *būan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną.
2. Cognate with Old Frisian būwa, bōwa (West Frisian bouwe), Old Saxon būan (Low German bugen), Old Dutch būwan (Dutch bouwen), Old High German būan (German bauen), Old Norse búa (Danish bo, Swedish bo, Norwegian Nynorsk bu, Faroese búgva), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 (bauan). See: Proto-Germanic '
*būaną', Low Saxon 'bugen', Dutch '
bouwen', Old High German 'būan', German, old spelling '
bauen', Danish '
bo', Swedish '
bo', Norwegian, nynorsk '
bu', Faroese '
búgva'.
Verbs referencing "buan"
English
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Sample Sentences
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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Hē būde on Ēastenglum... (He lived in East Anglia...)
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... ne mæġ mon ... meduseld būan. (... a man may not ... occupy the mead-bench.) [c. 700 AD, Bēowulf, 3066-3067:]