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to remain in the same place or condition,
continue, abide
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  • Gif se áþundena swá áswollen gebít oþ þone fíf and twéntigeþan dæg,

      Lch. ii. 200, 23.

  • Gebúge hé hengenne and þǽr gebíde oþ þæt hé gá tó Godes ordále,

      Ll. Th. i. 396, 28.

  • Betere is tó gebídanne ǽnne dæg mid þé

    melior est dies una in atriis tuis,

      Ps. Th. 83, 10.
to wait with, abide a person
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  • Ge ł ábídas (gebiddas, R.) mec

    sustinent me,

      Mk. L. 8, 2.
to last until a definite time (gen. )
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  • Þú nást hwæþer ðú mergenes gebítst,

      Wlfst. 286, 27.

  • Gif ic tó mergen middeges gebíde,

      Hml, S. 3, 590.
  • Hwæðer ðú merigenes gebíde. Hml. Th. ii. 104, 26.

  • Hwá helpð ús, þæt wé ǽfenes gebídon? . . . Hwá fylst ús, þæt wé dæges gebídon ?

    quis nobis det vesperam ?. . quis nobis det mane?

    ,
      Deut. 28, 67.

  • Wé nyton, þonne wé tó úre reste gáð, hwæþer wé móton eft dæges gebídan

    (live to see the morning),

      Wlfst. 151, 18: Bl. H. 213, 25.
to wait, abstain from action, remain passive
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  • Geofon swaðrode . . . brimrád gebád,

      An. 1589.
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  • Hié swá ondrǽdendlíce gebidon þæt se ege ofergongen wæs, and þǽr siþþan wælgrimlíce gefuhton.

      Ors. 4, 2 ; S. 160, 31.

  • Gebíd ðú mid ðǽre andsware, oð ðú wite ðæt ðín sprǽc hæbbe ǽgðer ge ord ge ende,

      Past. 385, 12.

  • Hwæþer ðú þínes ágenes þonces hí forléte, þe þú gebide hwonne hí þé forlétan,

      Bt. 8 ; F. 26, 13.

  • Gebídan, oþ þæt. . . ,

      Wand. 70 : El. 865.
to await, wait for a person, time, an event. .
with acc. : —
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  • Wræcmon gebád lástweard,

      Exod. 137.

  • Þá þe gebiodon lésing

    qui expectabant redemtionem,

      Lk. L. 2, 38
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  • Hé stille gebád áres sprǽce (

    or acc.

    ?),
      Gen. 2909.

  • Hwí ne magon gé gebídan gecyndelices deáðes ?,

      Bt. 39, 1; F. 210, 27: Met. 27, 7.

  • Ic gebídan wille þæs þe mé mín Dryhten démeð,

      Gú. 349: Gn. Ex. 105.
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  • Þá ungesǽligan menn ne magon gebídon hwonne hé him tó cume,

      Bt. 39, 1 ; F. 212, 2.

  • Gebídan hwæt mé God déman wille,

      Sat. 108.

  • Gebídan hwænne þú eft cyme

    to await the time of thy return,

      An. 399.
to get by waiting or
remaining, to have, experience that which befalls,
the subject a person
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  • Hwelcne endedæg mín módor oþðe mín geswuster nú gebídan scoldon quan exitum mater mea sororesque mee habiture sint, Nar. 31, 20. (1 a)

    to enjoy

    good :-- Þonne gebíde wé þe máre gebeorh æt Godes dóme,
      Ll. Th. ii. 314, 15.

  • Ealra þǽra wynna þe ic on worulde gebád,

      By. 174.

  • Hé lytle stilnesse gebád, þá hwíle hé ríces weóld,

      Chr. 1065; P. 195, 26.

  • Ic mé weána ne wénde bóte gebídan,

      B. 934.

  • Sé þe áh lífes wyn gebiden in burgum, Seef. 28. (1 b)

    to endure, undergo, suffer

    ill :-- Fela ic weána gebád,
      Fins. 25.

  • Myccle scipbrocu hé gebád,

      Bl. H. 173, 6.

  • Hé oft gebád ísernscúre,

      B. 3116.

  • Mín heorte gebád hearmedwít feala, and yrmðu mænig eác áræfnede,

      Ps. Th. 68, 21.

  • Hí gebidan myccle earfoðnysse þá hí hámward fóran,

      Chr. 1061; P. 189, 36.

  • Yrmða gebídan,

      Wlfst. 26, 12.

  • Ellen gefremman oððe endedæg gebídan

    to do or die,

      B. 638.
  • Bið geómorlic gomelum ceorle tó gebídanne, þæt his byre ríde giong on galgan, 2445.

  • Ic earfoðhwíle þrowode, breóstceare gebiden hæbbe,

      Seef. 4.
the subject a thing
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  • Þæs tún gebád æfter geárum swíðe manigne hláford and swíðe manigne mundboran,

      Hml. A. 199, 146.

  • Þes wág gebád. . . ríce after óðrum,

      Ruin. 9.

  • Seó herepád æt hilde gebád . . . bite írena,

      B. 2258.

  • Feala ic (

    the cross

    ) gebiden hæbbe wráðra wyrda,
      Kr. 50.
to live through a period,
live (many) years
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  • Mín fæder gebád wintra worn,

      B. 264.

  • Gif on mihtigum mannum geweorðeð, þæt hí hundeahtatig ylda gebíden,

      Ps. Th. 89, 11.

  • Hé wintra lyt gebiden hæbbe,

      B. 1928.

  • Hé fíf and hundteóntig lifde wintra gebidenra,

      Gen. 1185.
to reach, arrive at a time
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  • Ealle wé scylan ǽnne tíman gebídan, þonne ús wǽre leófre þonne eall þæt on middanearde is, þǽr wé worhton . . . Godes willan,

      Wlfst. 208, 30 : Ll. Th. i. 370, 18.

  • Ic þæs lífes ne mæg ǽfre tó ealdre ende gebídan,

      Ph. 562: B. 1386: Gú, 807.

  • Hé hæfde his ende gebidenne on eorðan unswǽslicne,

      Jud. 64.
to obtain
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  • Hí bǽdon þone híréd ꝥ Ælfstán móste beón þæs þriddan peniges wurðe of þǽre tolne . . . ac hý forwyrndon heom ealle tógædere endemes, ꝥ hé hit ná sceolde nǽfre gebídan

    (that he should never obtain the grant?)

    . . . Ná gebád Ælfstán nǽfre on nánan óþre wísan þone þriddan penig,
      Cht. Th. 340, 32-341, 31.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-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/47244.

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