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an-bíd

  • noun [ neuter ]
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an-bíd, es; n.
Awaiting, expectation; expectatio, mora
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  • Ðǽr wæron ǽrendracan on anbíde

    there ambassadors were in waiting,

    • Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 44
    • .
  • Næs ic on náuht [ne, áht, áuht] ídlum anbíde, ðeáh hit me lang anbíd þúhte, ðá ðá ic anbídode Godes fultumes

    expectans, expectavi Dominum,

    • Ps. Th. 39, 1
    • .
  • Earmra anbíd

    the expectation of the miserable,

    • Cd. 169; Th. 212, 2
    • ;
    • Exod. 533
    • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 1767
    • ;
    • El. 885
    • .
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