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a-bídan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
a-bídan, ic -bíde, ðú -bídest, -bítst, -bíst, he -bídeþ, -bít, pl. -bídaþ; p. -bád, pl. -bidon; pp. -biden; v. intrans.
Wright's OE grammar
§646;
To ABIDE, remain, wait, wait for, await; manere, sustinere, expectare
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  • Hý abídan sceolon in sin-nihte

    they must abide in everlasting night,

    • Exon. 31b; Th. 99, 28
      • ;
    • Cri. 1631
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  • Hér sculon abídan bán

    here the bones shall remain,

    • 99a; Th. 370, 18
      • ;
    • Seel. 61
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  • Abád swá ðeáh seofon dagas

    expectavit nihilominus septem alios dies,

    • Gen. 8, 12
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  • We óðres sceolon abídan

    alium expecta-mus?

    • Mt. Bos. 11, 3
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  • Ic abád [anbídode Spl.] hǽlu ðíne

    expectabam salutare tuum,

    • Ps. Surt. 118, 166
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  • Sáwla úre abídyþ Driht

    anima nostra sustinet Dominum,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 32, 20
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  • Windes abidon

    ventum expecta-bant.

    • Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 19
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  • Ðǽr abídan sceal maga miclan dómes

    there the being [Grendel] shall await the great doom,

    • Beo. Th. 1959
      • ;
    • B. 977
      • :
    • Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 27
      • ;
    • Kl. 53
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Etymology
[
Laym. abiden; p. abad, abed, abeod, abod, abaod, abide, pl. abiden
.]
Similar entries
v. bídan.
Linked entries
v.  a-bád be-feól ge-íchte.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “a-bídan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/56.

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