An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/bidmen

by Friedrich Kluge

bidmen, wk. vb., an UpG. word equiv. in meaning to beben, ‘to tremble, shake,’ and allied to it; MidHG. bidemen, ‘to tremble,’ OHG. *bidimôn, must represent *bibimôn, bibinôn; respecting the relation of the consonants comp. OHG. pfëdamo and its variant pëbano under Pfebe. The OHG. bibinôn is an intensive form of OHG. bibên. See beben.