Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German bedüren. By surface analysis, be- +‎ dyr (dear) +‎ -a. Cognate of Danish bedyre, German beteuern.

Verb

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bedyra (present bedyrar, preterite bedyrade, supine bedyrat, imperative bedyra)

  1. assure, assert, affirm
    Han bedyrade sin oskuld
    He protested his innocence

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