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
	Participles
Present participle	falbjudande
Past participle	falbjuden
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• falbjuda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)