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an-bídian

  • verb [ weak ]
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an-bídian, l. an-bidian (and-),
and add:
to wait
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  • His wíte andbidað on ðǽre tóweardan worulde

    his punishment waits in the world to come,

      Hml. S. 16, 305.
  • Andbidað (an-,

    v. l.

    ), se déma,
      Hml. A. 8, 202.
  • Ic anbidode þæt ic ðé máre folc gestrýnde

    I waited that I might gain thee more people,

      Hml. Th. i. 74, 29.
  • Hé anbidode on lífe seofon niht,

      Hml. S. 22, 234, Andbidiað hér, Hml. Th. ii. 60, 24.
  • Anbydie wé,

      Angl. viii. 322, 35.
  • On plegstówe andbidian,

      Lch. iii. 206, 16.
to wait for (gen. )
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  • Þín andbidað þæt éce forwyrd

    eternal perdition waits for you,

      Hml. Th. i. 593, 9.
  • Hé anbidode þæs ealdormannes tócymes,

      Hml. S. 11, 64.
  • Wé andbidodon ðín,

      Hml. Th. ii. 172, 22.
  • Ꝥ wé anbydion þæs sunnandæges,

      Angl. viii. 310, 38.
  • Anbidian (and-,

    v. l.

    ) þæs écan ǽristes,
      Hml. S. 25, 144.
  • Andbidiende þæs écan lífes,

      Ælfc. T. 19, 45. v. ge*-*anbidian.
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