bedriven

English

Verb

bedriven

1. past participle of bedrive

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From be- +‎ driven.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈdriːvən/

Verb

bedriven

1. to carry out, to perform
2. to lead, to regulate
3. to force, to necessitate

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• bedrivere

Descendants

• Dutch: bedrijven
• Limburgish: bedrieve

Further reading

• “bedriven”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bedriven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle Low German

Etymology

From be +‎ drîven.

Pronunciation

• (originally) IPA^(key): /bəˈdriːvən/

Verb

bedrîven

1. to drive cattle
   1. to work a piece of land by using cattle
   2. to make use of something with cattle
2. to practice, to perform a job
3. to create, to produce
4. to bribe, to seduce

Declension

Conjugation of bedriven as a class 1 strong verb

Plain Infinitive	bedrîven
Full Infinitive (Gerund)	tô bedrîvene or tô bedrîvende
Verbal Noun	bedrîven or bedrîvent
Participles			Imperatives
Present	bedrîvende		2nd Person Singular	bedrîf
Past	bedrēven		2nd Person Plural	bedrîvet
	Indicative		Subjunctive
	Present	Preterite	Present	Preterite
1st Person Singular	bedrîve	bedrêf	bedrîve	bedrēve
2nd Person Singular	bedrîvest or bedrîfst	bedrēvest	bedrîvest	bedrēvest
3rd Person Singular	bedrîvet or bedrîft	bedrêf	bedrîvet	bedrēve
Plural	bedrîven (bedrîvet?)	bedrēven	bedrîven	bedrēven

Derived terms

• bedrîf

Swedish

Participle

bedriven

1. past participle of bedriva

Adjective

bedriven

1. operated, run, managed

Declension

Inflection of bedriven
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	bedriven	—	—
Neuter singular	bedrivet	—	—
Plural	bedrivna	—	—
Masculine plural3	bedrivne	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	bedrivne	—	—
All	bedrivna	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Anagrams

• bedrivne