gebidan

Old English

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ bīdan. Cognate with Old Saxon gibīdan, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (gabeidan).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jeˈbiː.dɑn/

Verb

ġebīdan

  1. to wait, bide
    • Exeter Book, The Wanderer
      Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
      Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdcearig
      A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
      Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful
  2. to experience or endure
  3. to reach, attain

Conjugation

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