[Grammar] Infinitive with or without "to" - "BID"

[Eltonf]

Hi! Today while looking up the word "bid" in an online dictionary I came across an example sentence, which was - He bade his companions enter. (meaning - invited in this case)
Does that mean that the verb bid doesn't take "to" in the infinitive ? Or just another grammtical rule I'm not aware of.Thanks in advance. Elton.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi! Today, while looking up the word "bid" in an online dictionary, I came across an example sentence, which was - He bade his companions enter. (Meaning "invited" in this case.)

Does that mean that the verb "bid" doesn't take "to" [STRIKE]in[/STRIKE] before the infinitive or is it just another grammatical rule I'm not aware of?

[STRIKE]Thanks in advance.[/STRIKE] Unnecessary. Thank us after we help you.
[STRIKE]Elton.[/STRIKE] Unnecessary. We can already see your username.

Yes, "bid/bade" is followed by the bare infinitive.

I bade her sing.
She bids him enter.
They bade him leave.

 

[jutfrank]

I advise you not to use bade in your everyday speech.

 

[GoesStation]

I advise you not to use bade in your everyday speech.

It's archaic and virtually never used in modern English. The modern past simple of bid is bid.

I bid you enter is also archaic, at least in American English. We only use the intransitive version of bid as in I bid a hundred dollars in an eBay auction but I didn't get the Lamborghini I wanted.

 

[jutfrank]

I bid a hundred dollars in an eBay auction but I didn't get the Lamborghini I wanted.

Yeah, sorry about that. (It drives like a dream by the way!)