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ge-anbídian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-anbídian, l. ge-anbidian, geandbidian,
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absolute,
to wait
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  • Ic geanbidode oþ ic wiste hwæt þú woldest,

      Bt. 22, I; F. 7625.
  • ꝥ folc stód geanbidiende,
      Lk. 23, 35.
to wait for.
to wait for the coming or return of a person (gen. )
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  • Ðá bed heó þá cwelleras ðæt hí hire geanbidedan medmicle hwíle; þá eóde heó on hire palatium,Shrn. 75, 24.
to wait for the coming to pass of something,
with gen.
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  • Hé Godes ríces geanbidode,

      Mk. 15, 43.
with acc.
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  • Hé geandbidode ðone frófer ðe beháten wæs,

      Hml. Th. i. 136, l. Hé geanbidude Godes ríce, Lk. 23, 51.
with a clause
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  • Hé geanbidað þæt wé tó beteran gecyrren

    he waits for our conversion

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      R. Ben. 25, 21.
to wait for the settlement of what is uncertain
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  • Drihten geanbidaþ hwæþer wé mid weorcum his láre gefyllan willen,

      R. Ben. 4, 16.

  • Hé geanbidode þǽr hwæðer man him tó búgan wolde,

      Chr. 1066; P. 200, 8.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-anbídian.” 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/47034.

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