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bud.

a message (also budskap)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/bʉːd/
  1. a message (also budskap)

    neuter
  2. a commandment (as in the Ten Commandments; also budord), a rule that must be obeyed (also påbud)

    neuter
  3. a bid, an offer (also anbud)

    neuter
  4. a messenger (also budbärare, sändebud)

    neuter
  5. someone who delivers packages or parcels (also budbil, cykelbud, paketbud)

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish buþ, from Old East Norse buð, from Proto-Germanic *budą (“offer, message”), cognate with Danish bud, Dutch bod, German Gebot.

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