Tilbjóða

Tilbjóða is an Icelandic verb meaning to offer or to present something to someone. It covers offering goods or services, making proposals, or presenting options in negotiations. In everyday use it can describe both commercial offers, such as price quotes or discounts, and more informal gestures such as offering someone coffee or help. The verb is formed with the prefix til- attached to the verb bjóða (to offer). The combination expresses directing something toward another person or toward a particular purpose.

The corresponding noun tilboð means an offer or a bid in contexts such as sales, auctions, or quotations. The language typically marks the recipient and the thing offered; a recipient is commonly expressed in the dative, with the offered item in the accusative, although exact inflection depends on tense and mood.

Tilbjóða is used across domains: commerce, hospitality, diplomacy, and everyday speech. In business, it appears in contexts such as price quotes or product offers. In social contexts it can describe offering assistance, services, or invitations to another person.

Compared to other Icelandic verbs for giving or presenting, tilbjóða emphasizes the act of making something available or proposing it to someone. It is relatively common and appears in formal registers as well as casual speech.