falbjuda

Swedish

Etymology

fal (“for sale”) +‎ bjuda (“offer”), cognate with Danish falbyde, used in Swedish since 1620. SAOB, edited in 1921, says that the word's more common use in then-recent decades probably was influenced by Danish.

Verb

falbjuda (present falbjuder, preterite falbjöd, supine falbjudit, imperative falbjud)

  1. to offer for sale, to sell, to market, to merchandise
    vagnskorgen innehöll ej blott det, som falbjöds, utan ock ägarens växlande samling dräkter för eget behov.
    the wagon contained not only that which was for sale, but also the owner's mixed and growing collection of garments for his own use.
    blev ... för att ha falbjudit dessa hädiska avbildningar dömd ...
    was sentenced ... for having marketed these blasphemous depictions ...
    Vi arbetsherrar vilja ha så riklig tillgång på falbjuden arbetskraft som möjligt
    We employers want to have as rich access to labour for sale as possible
    hans blickar riktades särskildt på ett falbjudet vidsträcktare skogsområde i Vestmanland
    his eyes were drawn in particular to a vast area of forest for sale in Västmanland
    de bästa falbjudna djuren
    the best animals for sale

Conjugation

Conjugation of falbjuda (class 2 strong)
active passive
infinitive falbjuda falbjudas
supine falbjudit falbjudits
imperative falbjud —
imper. plural1 falbjuden —
present past present past
indicative falbjuder falbjöd falbjuds, falbjudes falbjöds
ind. plural1 falbjuda falbjödo falbjudas falbjödos
subjunctive2 falbjude falbjöde falbjudes falbjödes
present participle falbjudande
past participle falbjuden

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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