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on-bíd

  • noun [ neuter ]
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on-bíd, (-bid ?), es; n.
Awaiting, expectation
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  • Næs ðæt onbíd long ðæt ...

    it was not long to wait, before ...,

      Exon. Th. 156, 18; Gú. 876.
  • Long is ðis onbíd worulde lífes

    long in this life is this waiting for the next,

      164, 30; Gú. 1019.
  • Hé on tweógendlícan onbíde wæs hwæðer hé wið Rómánum winnan dorste

    he was waiting in doubt (cunctans) whether he durst fight with the Romans,

      Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 204, 29.
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v. an-bíd, onbíd-stów.
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v.  an-bíd.
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