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á-bídan

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  • Hé fór intó Loðene and ðǽr ábád,

      Chr. 1091; P. 226, 36.
  • Maximus mid firde bad (ábád, v. l.) æt Aquilegia

    Aquileiae Maximus insederat

    ,
      Ors. 6, 36; S. 292, 25.
  • Hé forlét his here ábídan mid Scottum,

      Chr. P. p. 5, 6.
  • Nú wolde ic gebétan, gif ic ábídan móste (

    if I might continue to live

    ) . . . ac ic wát ðæt ic ne eom wyrðe ðæs fyrstes,
      Hml. S. 26, 251.
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  • Hwæs ábítst ðú?,

      Hml. S. 24, 23.
  • Hé wederes ábád. Chr. 1094; P. 229, 2.
  • Hí ábiden heora máles

    they waited for their pay

    ,
      1055; P. 186, 19.
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  • Ábíd dryht

    expecta Dominum, sustine Dominum

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      Ps. Srt. 26, 14.
Etymology
[Goth. us-beidan expectare: O. H. Ger. ar-bítan.]
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