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Wright's OE grammar
§30; §126; §133; §305; §490;
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to wait, remain.
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For exs. v. Dict.
to await, wait for, bide one's time,
with gen.
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  • Hé bítt (bít, v.l.) ðǽre tíde, hwonne . . . ,

    • Past. 226, 11
      • :
    • 220, 10.

  • Hé bídeþ þínre geþafunga,

    • Bl. H. 7, 34
      • .

  • Hé wyrde bídeþ, hwonne . . . .

    • 109, 32
      • .

  • Hé bad westan-windes . . . þá sceolde hé bídan ryhtnorþanwindes,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 17, 15-17
      • :
    • Nar. 27, 15
      • .

  • Ðeáh hé bíde his tíman,

    • Past. 275, 13.
with acc. : —
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  • Hwæt bídað gé?,

    • Cri. 510.

  • Heó bad þone écan sige

    coronam expectabat aeternam,

    • Bd. 4, 23
      • ;
    • Sch. 465, 9
      • .

  • Bád hé endedógor,

    • Gú. 1258
      • .

  • Bídan gesceapu heofoncyninges,

    • Gen. 842.
with gen. and acc.
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  • Hé héht þæt wítehús wræcna bídan, . . . gásta weardas

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    (cf. Hél.
    • 4829-30
    ),
    • Gen. 39.
with a clause
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  • Ic bíde . . . hwonne gæst cume,

    • Rä. 16, 9
      • .

  • Hi bídaþ, hwæt him déman wille tó leáne,

    • Jul. 706
      • :
    • Cri. 802
      • .

  • Bídan, hwæs him cyning unnan wolde,

    • An. 145
      • .

  • Bídan, hwonne him betre líf ágyfen wurde,

    • Gu. 751.
uncertain
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  • Bídende

    suspensus

      (
    • Lk. 19, 48
      • ),
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 70
      • .

  • Bídendum

    prestulanti (eventus rerum),

    • 75, 62
      • .
to attain by waiting, experience (with gen. )
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  • Hwæt gif ic bíde merigenes

    what if I live to see the morning,

    • Hml. S. 3, 584
      • .

  • þú scealt deáðes bídan,

    • Gen. 922
      • .
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “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/40313.

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