bidev.

Brit.

/bʌɪd/, U.S.

/baɪd/

Forms: Old English bídan, Middle English–1500s biden, Middle English– bide; also Middle English–1500s byde(n, Middle English bidde, Middle English Scottish byd. past tense Old English bád, plural bidon, Middle English bad(e, plural Middle English biden, Middle English–1500s bod, Middle English bood, Middle English boode, 1500s–1600s boad, Middle English– bode; 1500s bid, 1600s– bided; also northernMiddle English badd, Middle English–1500s baid, Middle English badde, Middle English bayd, 1500s bed, 1700s bade. past participle Old English–Middle English biden, Middle English–1600s bidden, 1500s bid; also Middle English biden, Middle English–1500s bydden, Middle English beddyn, 1500s byden, 1800s dialect bodden.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English bídan (past tense bád , bidon ; participle biden ) = Old Saxon bîdan (Middle Dutch bîden ), Old High German bîtan (Middle High German bîtan , modern dialect German beiten ), Old Norse bíða , Gothic beidan < Germanic *bîdan to wait. Mostly replaced in modern English by its compound abide v., but regularly preserved in northern English and Scots, and also employed by 19th cent. poets, partly perhaps as an archaism, partly as an aphetized form of abide.

I. intransitive.

a. To remain in expectation, to wait. Often with an adverbial adjunct of time. (Chiefly northern, but used by modern poets.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait, await [verb (intransitive)]

bidec1000

onbideOE

abidelOE

sustainc1350

tarry1390

await1393

to wait for1577

hearken1580

attend1589

sit1591

wait and see1719

to wait on1773

to hold one's (also the) breath1987

c1000 Ags. Ps. lv[i]. 6 Swa min sawl bad.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10991 Quen þai had beden til þai war irk þai com þam-self in-to þe kyrk.

a1400 Sir Perc. 569 The childe thoghte he longe bade That he ne ware a knyghte made.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 982 Ones ho bluschet to þe burȝe, bot bod ho no lenger.

1483 Cath. Angl. 31 To Byde, expectare.

1634 Malory's Arthur (1816) II. 307 He shall receive by thee his health, the which had bidden so long.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 200 ‘Bide a wee, bide a wee,’ said Cuddie.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 24 Will you not bide your year as I bide mine?

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xvi. 149 Bide a bit.

†b. Const. for, to; on, upon (northern). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait for, await [verb (transitive)]

bidec950

keepc1000

abideOE

i-kepe?c1225

lookc1225

bidea1300

sustainc1350

await1393

remainc1455

tarry?a1475

attenda1513

expect1536

to stay on1540

watch1578

remain1585

staya1586

to stay for ——1602

tend1604

to bide upona1616

behold1642

prestolate1653

expecta1664

wait1746

a1300 Vox & Wolf 135 Ich hedde so ibede for the.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 124 Except he fraudfullie absent himselfe, and in that case, he sal be bidden vpon..be the space of fourtie dayes.

a. To remain or continue in some state or action; to continue to be (something). archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > endure, remain, persist, or continue

bidec893

lastOE

through-wonOE

ylasta1000

standOE

runOE

lastlOE

beleavec1200

abidec1275

cleavec1275

durec1275

dwell13..

endurec1386

perseverec1390

continuec1400

contunec1400

tarrya1450

remainc1455

perdure?a1475

rest1474

permanec1485

succeed1486

perpetuate1530

persist1531

demur1547

perduratea1558

weara1568

to hold it out1585

to hold out1585

abye1590

contain1592

live1592

perennate1623

to draw overa1700

exist1754

linger1764

to hang it out1939

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > be permanent [verb (intransitive)] > remain, continue

bidec893

ofstandeOE

astandc1000

restOE

holdc1175

dure1297

akeepc1300

lastc1300

arrest1393

containc1400

perseverec1425

reserve1529

to run on1533

to stick by ——1533

persist1538

persist1539

to hold up1582

retaina1631

persist1659

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. iii. iii. §3 Seo eorþe giniende bád.

c1000 Ags. Ps. ciii[iv]. 11 Bídað assan eac onþurste.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 1907 Yeit he baid seuen dais in rest.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 19836 In orisoun he lay and bode.

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) v. i. 68 Ful longe there I boode in my torment and peyne.

c1530 Jacob & 12 Sonnes (Collier) 12 Rachel bod long barrain.

1611 Bible (King James) Rom. xi. 23 If they bide not still in vnbeliefe.

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vi. xliv. 75 And thirstie drinks, and drinking thirstie bides.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems viii. 10 Nor follow her that flies thee, or to bide in woe Consent.

(a) to bide by (rarely at): to stand firm by, adhere to, stick to, maintain. †to bide upon: to dwell or insist upon (a point). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > adhere constantly or steadfastly to [verb (transitive)]

to stand in ——a1382

abidea1393

saddena1500

to bide bya1513

to stick to ——?1531

to stout out1568

to make good1606

winter1608

buckle1793

maintain1819

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait for, await [verb (transitive)]

bidec950

keepc1000

abideOE

i-kepe?c1225

lookc1225

bidea1300

sustainc1350

await1393

remainc1455

tarry?a1475

attenda1513

expect1536

to stay on1540

watch1578

remain1585

staya1586

to stay for ——1602

tend1604

to bide upona1616

behold1642

prestolate1653

expecta1664

wait1746

the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > insist or persist [verb (intransitive)] > dwell upon

resta1500

pause1530

to bide upona1616

arresta1631

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cciiii. f. cxxiiii^v For this [battle] was so strongly bydden by, that men coude nat Iuge whiche parte had the better.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark x. f. lix For thys thinges sake shall a man leve father and mother and byde by his wyfe.

1536 Sir R. Moryson in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. lxxii Many things..which be both truly spoken and cannot but do good being bydden bye.

1559 Q. Kennedy Let. in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844) 266 He gaif me nevir answir to my wryttingis, nor ȝit baid at his sayingis.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 244 To bide vpon 't: thou art not honest.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 109 Worthy reasons why she should Bide by this issue.

(b) Cf. to be a bidden by, prop. abidden by: to be maintained; also adverbially = undoubtedly, we may be sure.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > of course, certainly [phrase]

to iwissea1000

mid iwissea1000

in wisc1000

to wis(se)c1000

without(en (any) weenc1175

sans fail1297

thereof no strife1297

but werea1300

forouten werea1300

out of werea1300

without werea1300

without deceit1303

for certainc1320

it is to wittingc1320

withouten carec1320

without nayc1330

without noc1330

without (but out of) dread1340

no doubtc1380

without distancec1390

no fresea1400

out of doubta1400

without doubta1400

for, (in, at obs.), of, to (a) certaintyc1400

withouten stance14..

hazel woods shakea1413

of, on, in warrantisec1440

sure enough?1440

without question?1440

wythout diswerec1440

without any dispayrec1470

for (also of) a surety?a1475

in (also for) surenessa1475

of certainc1485

without any (also all) naya1500

out of question?1526

past question?1526

for sure1534

what else1540

beyond (also out of, past, without) (all) peradventure1542

to be a bidden by1549

out of (also without) all cry1565

with a witness1579

upon my word1591

no question1594

out of all suspicion1600

for a certain1608

without scruple1612

to be sure1615

that's pos1710

in course1722

beyond (all) question1817

(and) no mistake1818

no two ways about it (also that)1818

of course1823

bien entendu1844

yessiree1846

you bet you1857

make no mistake1876

acourse1883

sans doute1890

how are you?1918

you bet your bippy1968

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 5th Serm. sig. Ovi^v To be a bidden by, he wold have done muche good in that parte.

3. To remain in a place, or with a person, as opposed to going away; to stay. Often with the idea of remaining behind when others go. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > remain as opposed to go

bidec893

yleaveOE

leaveOE

wonc1000

abideOE

worthOE

beliveOE

atstutte-nc1220

stuttea1225

atstuntc1230

astinta1250

beleavea1325

lasta1325

stounda1325

stinta1340

joukc1374

restaya1382

to leave over1394

liec1400

byec1425

onbidec1430

keep1560

stay1575

delay1655

to wait on1773

stop1801

to sit on1815

to hang around1830

to stick around1878

to sit tight1897

remain1912

stay-down1948

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)] > support by one's presence

bidec893

support1601

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. ii. v. §7 Þonne he þær leng bide.

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxvi. 38 Gebídaþ her and waciaþ mid me.]

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 149 Wuo is mi soule þat ich bide here swo longe.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16744 Durst naman wit him bide.

1482 Monk of Evesham 34 Y thought to haue byddyn ther in the same place tyl the mornyng.

c1530 A. Barclay Egloges i. sig. F v Better were for suche, to hade byd at home.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 24^v He baid..Vpon that hill..Him to refresche.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. xi. sig. Ii5 So there all day they bode, till light the sky forsooke.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. ii. 3 Such as dive and bide long under the Water.

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 35 Who bides at home, nor looks abroad.

1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise 68 While we bided on that flowery down.

4. Of things: To remain, be left. to let a thing bide: to leave it where it is; to leave it alone for the present, to let it stand over.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > remain or be left [verb (intransitive)]

to be leftOE

leaveOE

abidea1393

bidec1400

remainc1425

resta1500

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > abstain from interfering with

to let alonec897

leaveOE

to let bec1000

to let bec1175

to let (a person or thing) yworth?c1225

to let (something) standa1400

to let dwella1500

to leave to oneself (also itself)?1531

let1818

to let a thing bide1866

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 449 Þaȝ þe kyste in the cragez wern closed to byde.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 166 A gret power at Dipplyn still thar baid.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. lxxix. sig. ll.vi/2 Yf thei byde [a1398 BL Add. adydeþ] in the stomak they torne sone to fumosyte & corrupcion.

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 154 Heauen and earth shal sooner perish, then one iot bide behind of that he hath promised.

a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 72 Waters stinke soone, if in one place they bide.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. iv. 141 We will..let the crow bide.

5. To remain in residence; to sojourn, dwell, reside. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > continue to dwell

beleavec1175

bidec1280

continue1417

c1280 Fall & Passion 40 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 13 Nedis he most wend to helle..þere he most bide an dwelle.

c1386 G. Chaucer Cook's Tale 35 This ioly prentys with his maister bood [v.r. bode].

1482 Monk of Evesham 26 Than bode with hym a certeyn brother.

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints sig. N The world, in which they bootles boad.

1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) ii. ii. iii. 242 Some..will knowe..what God did..where did he bide?

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 321 All knees to thee shall bow, of them that bide In Heaven, or Earth, or under Earth in Hell.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere v, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 33 The spirit who 'bideth by himself In the land of mist and snow.

1821 J. Baillie Lady G. Baillie in Metrical Legends xii. 9 Many his wants who bideth lonely there.

II. transitive.

6. To wait for, await. Now only in the phrase, to bide one's time: to await one's opportunity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait for, await [verb (transitive)]

bidec950

keepc1000

abideOE

i-kepe?c1225

lookc1225

bidea1300

sustainc1350

await1393

remainc1455

tarry?a1475

attenda1513

expect1536

to stay on1540

watch1578

remain1585

staya1586

to stay for ——1602

tend1604

to bide upona1616

behold1642

prestolate1653

expecta1664

wait1746

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait, await [verb (intransitive)] > for an opportunity

to wait one's (or the) time, hour, opportunity, etc.1303

watch?1473

to wait for dead men's shoes1550

to have an eye to the wood1578

to bide one's time1853

c950 Lindisf. G. Matt. xi. 3 Oðer we bidas.

971 Blickl. Hom. 7 Drihtnes engel bideþ þinre geþafunga.

c1230 Hali Meid. 11 Eauer bide his grace.

1382 J. Wyclif Psalms cxviii. [cxix.] 166 I bod thin helthe ȝiuere, Lord.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 622 We byde þe here.

c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 339 Atte Tarne Wathelan Bidus me Sir Gauan.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. ix. 122 Now at the dur deth reddy bydis me.

1611 Bible (King James) Wisd. viii. 12 When I hold my tongue they..shal bide my leisure.

1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. xvii. 218. §1 They bide their time and then suddenly present themselves.

1873 S. Smiles Huguenots in France i. ix. 191 They held their peace and bided their time.

7. To await in resistance, to face, encounter, withstand; = abide v. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > confront

abidec1275

stand?1316

visagec1386

bidec1400

to stand to ——1562

affront1569

to look (a person, etc.) in the face1573

outface1574

front1582

to meet with1585

confront1594

propose1594

to stand up to1596

outfront1631

to stand forth to1631

head1682

meet1725

OE Beowulf 1618 Se þe ǽr æt sæcce gebád wíghrýre wráðra.]

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 376 He baldly hym bydez [MS reads bydeȝ].

c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 516 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 239 None durst hym byde there at all.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxxxix. 532 Some of the capitayns wolde that thenglisshmen shulde be byden, and some other sayd nay, bycause they were nat strong ynough to abyde them that were fresshmen.

1664 Floddan Field ix. 83 Yet for defence they fiercely frame And narrow dint with danger boad.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. xxxiii. 260 They dare not, hand to hand, Bide buffet from a true man's brand.

1871 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Odyssey I. v. 143 Two men and three, in that abundant store, Might bide the winter storm.

†8. To await submissively, submit to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > submit to [verb (transitive)]

undergangc1000

undergoc1175

abidec1275

bidec1275

shootc1275

undergoc1315

submit1397

incline?a1400

vail1610

cede1633

defer1686

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2357 Þat ne sulde he nauere ibiden [1300 Otho ibide]. þe while þe he mihte riden.

c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 545 The kynges wil wald he noght bide, Worth of him what may bityde.

†9.

a. To endure, suffer, bear, undergo; = abide v. 15. Obsolete exc. dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)]

thave835

i-dreeeOE

tholec897

abeareOE

underbearc950

adreeOE

dreeOE

driveOE

i-tholeOE

throwOE

underfoc1000

bearOE

bidec1200

suffera1250

abidec1275

drinka1340

endure1340

underfong1382

receivec1384

abyea1393

sustain1398

finda1400

undergoa1400

get?c1430

underganga1470

ponder?a1525

a dog's lifea1528

tolerate1531

to stand to ——1540

to feel the weight of?1553

enjoy1577

carry1583

abrook1594

to stand under ——a1616

to fall a victim to1764

the mind > emotion > suffering > suffer mental pain [verb (transitive)]

thave835

i-dreeeOE

tholec897

underbearc950

adreeOE

dreeOE

driveOE

i-tholeOE

throwOE

underfoc1000

bearOE

takec1175

bidec1200

suffera1250

leadc1330

drinka1340

endure1340

wielda1375

underfong1382

receivec1384

sustain1398

finda1400

undergoa1400

underganga1470

ponder?a1525

tolerate1531

to go through ——1535

to feel the weight of?1553

enjoy1577

carry1583

abrook1594

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 33 Ne wot no man hwat blisse is þe naure wowe ne bod.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3105 Manige ðor sorge on liue bead.

c1400 Sir Perc. 627 The sorowe that the kinge bade Mighte no tonge telle.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 454/2 I can nat byde this payne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iv. 93 There is no womans sides Can bide the beating of so strong a passion.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 59 Wherein we Must bide the stroak of that long threatn'd wound.

1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xxii Who bides his grasp will that encounter rue.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xi. 228 I wonder how younger folk bide it—I bide it ill.

†b. to bide out: to endure to the end. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > adhere constantly or steadfastly to [verb (transitive)] > endure without giving way

tholec1175

suffera1387

outbear1530

to fight out1548

sustain1573

stand1575

hold1592

to stand out1600

to bide out1637

to stand for ——1896

tough1974

1637 S. Rutherford Let. 6 Jan. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 182 Griening of sick desires would cause it [sc. the soul] to bide out the siege.

10. To tolerate, endure, put up with; = abide v. 16.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)] > bear with or tolerate

forbearc897

tholec950

bearOE

abidec1300

bidea1325

takec1330

suffer1340

wielda1375

to have patience with (also in, toward)c1384

supportc1384

to sit with ——c1400

sustainc1400

thulgec1400

acceptc1405

to away with1528

brook1530

well away1533

to bear with —1538

digest1553

to comport with1565

stand1567

purse?1571

to put up1573

well away1579

comport1588

fadge1592

abrook1594

to come away1594

to take up with1609

swallow1611

embracea1616

to pack up1624

concocta1627

to set down bya1630

to take with ——1632

tolerate1646

brook1658

stomach1677

pouch1819

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1594 If iacob toke her also a wif, Ne bode ic no lengere werldes lif.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 32 For he..May not byde þat burne.

1810 R. Tannahill Poems (1846) 25 I cou'dna bide the thought.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xii. 262 I could never bide the staying still in ae place.

1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket i. iv. 84 Tho' I can drink wine I cannot bide water, my lord.

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单词	bide
释义	† bidebyden. Etymology: < bide v. Obsolete. 1. A dwelling, dwelling-place, habitation. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > [noun] earneOE wickc900 bottleeOE innOE boldOE wonningc1000 wanea1225 wonea1250 bidea1300 dwelling1340 habitaculec1374 habitaclec1384 habitationc1384 mansionc1385 placea1387 manantie?a1400 dungeonc1460 longhousec1460 folda1500 residencea1522 abode1549 bield1570 lodgement1598 bidinga1600 sit-house1743 location1795 wigwam1817 address1855 yard1865 res1882 nivas1914 multifamily1952 a1300 Solomon & Saturn 273 Ne make þe nout for þy to wroþt, þaȝ þou byde borewe. c1435 Torr. Portugal 1463 With wyld bestis to have byde. 2. Delay, stay. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] longingeOE bideOE abodec1225 bodea1300 demura1300 dwella1300 litinga1300 delayc1300 delayingc1300 demurrancec1300 but honec1325 without ensoignec1325 abidec1330 dretchingc1330 dwellingc1330 essoinc1330 tarrying1340 litea1350 delaymenta1393 respitea1393 oversettinga1398 delayancea1400 delitea1400 lingeringa1400 stounding?a1400 sunyiea1400 targea1400 train?a1400 deferring14.. dilation14.. dayc1405 prolongingc1425 spacec1430 adjourningc1436 retardationc1437 prolongation?a1439 training1440 adjournment1445 sleuthingc1450 tarry1451 tarriance1460 prorogation1476 oversetc1485 tarriage1488 debaid1489 supersedement1492 superseding1494 off-putting1496 postponing1496 tract1503 dilating1509 sparinga1513 hafting1519 sufferance1523 tracking1524 sticking1525 stay1530 pause1532 protraction1535 tracting1535 protract of time1536 protracting1540 postposition1546 staying1546 procrastination1548 difference1559 surceasing1560 tardation1568 detract1570 detracting1572 tarryment1575 rejourning1578 detraction1579 longness1579 rejournment1579 holding1581 reprieving1583 cunctation1585 retarding1585 retardance1586 temporizing1587 by and by1591 suspensea1592 procrastinatinga1594 tardance1595 linger1597 forslacking1600 morrowing1602 recess1603 deferment1612 attendance1614 put-off1623 adjournal1627 fristing1637 hanging-up1638 retardment1640 dilatoriness1642 suspension1645 stickagea1647 tardidation1647 transtemporation1651 demurragea1656 prolatation1656 prolation1656 moration1658 perendination1658 offput1730 retardure1751 postponement1757 retard1781 traverse1799 tarrowing1832 mañana1845 temporization1888 procrastinativeness1893 deferral1895 traa dy liooar1897 stalling1927 heel-tapping1949 off-put1970 OE Riddle 3 3 Hwilum mec min frea fæste genearwað, sendeð þonne under salwonges bearm þone bradan, ond on bid wriceð. a1300 Cursor Mundi 1761 Quen al was tift was þar na bide, þe stormes ras on ilka side. c1325 Leg. Rood (1871) 113 Vp he rase wiþ-outen bide. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). bidev. Brit. /bʌɪd/, U.S. /baɪd/ Forms: Old English bídan, Middle English–1500s biden, Middle English– bide; also Middle English–1500s byde(n, Middle English bidde, Middle English Scottish byd. past tense Old English bád, plural bidon, Middle English bad(e, plural Middle English biden, Middle English–1500s bod, Middle English bood, Middle English boode, 1500s–1600s boad, Middle English– bode; 1500s bid, 1600s– bided; also northernMiddle English badd, Middle English–1500s baid, Middle English badde, Middle English bayd, 1500s bed, 1700s bade. past participle Old English–Middle English biden, Middle English–1600s bidden, 1500s bid; also Middle English biden, Middle English–1500s bydden, Middle English beddyn, 1500s byden, 1800s dialect bodden. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English bídan (past tense bád , bidon ; participle biden ) = Old Saxon bîdan (Middle Dutch bîden ), Old High German bîtan (Middle High German bîtan , modern dialect German beiten ), Old Norse bíða , Gothic beidan < Germanic bîdan to wait. Mostly replaced in modern English by its compound abide v., but regularly preserved in northern English and Scots, and also employed by 19th cent. poets, partly perhaps as an archaism, partly as an aphetized form of abide. I. intransitive. 1. a. To remain in expectation, to wait. Often with an adverbial adjunct of time. (Chiefly northern, but used by modern poets.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait, await [verb (intransitive)] bidec1000 onbideOE abidelOE sustainc1350 tarry1390 await1393 to wait for1577 hearken1580 attend1589 sit1591 wait and see1719 to wait on1773 to hold one's (also the) breath1987 c1000 Ags. Ps.* lv[i]. 6 Swa min sawl bad. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10991 Quen þai had beden til þai war irk þai com þam-self in-to þe kyrk. a1400 Sir Perc. 569 The childe thoghte he longe bade That he ne ware a knyghte made. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 982 Ones ho bluschet to þe burȝe, bot bod ho no lenger. 1483 Cath. Angl. 31 To Byde, expectare. 1634 Malory's Arthur (1816) II. 307 He shall receive by thee his health, the which had bidden so long. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 200 ‘Bide a wee, bide a wee,’ said Cuddie. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 24 Will you not bide your year as I bide mine? 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xvi. 149 Bide a bit. †b. Const. for, to; on, upon (northern). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait for, await [verb (transitive)] bidec950 keepc1000 abideOE i-kepe?c1225 lookc1225 bidea1300 sustainc1350 await1393 remainc1455 tarry?a1475 attenda1513 expect1536 to stay on1540 watch1578 remain1585 staya1586 to stay for ——1602 tend1604 to bide upona1616 behold1642 prestolate1653 expecta1664 wait1746 a1300 Vox & Wolf 135 Ich hedde so ibede for the. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 124 Except he fraudfullie absent himselfe, and in that case, he sal be bidden vpon..be the space of fourtie dayes. 2. a. To remain or continue in some state or action; to continue to be (something). archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > endure, remain, persist, or continue bidec893 lastOE through-wonOE ylasta1000 standOE runOE lastlOE beleavec1200 abidec1275 cleavec1275 durec1275 dwell13.. endurec1386 perseverec1390 continuec1400 contunec1400 tarrya1450 remainc1455 perdure?a1475 rest1474 permanec1485 succeed1486 perpetuate1530 persist1531 demur1547 perduratea1558 weara1568 to hold it out1585 to hold out1585 abye1590 contain1592 live1592 perennate1623 to draw overa1700 exist1754 linger1764 to hang it out1939 the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > be permanent [verb (intransitive)] > remain, continue bidec893 ofstandeOE astandc1000 restOE holdc1175 dure1297 akeepc1300 lastc1300 arrest1393 containc1400 perseverec1425 reserve1529 to run on1533 to stick by ——1533 persist1538 persist1539 to hold up1582 retaina1631 persist1659 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. iii. iii. §3 Seo eorþe giniende bád. c1000 Ags. Ps. ciii[iv]. 11 Bídað assan eac onþurste. a1300 Cursor Mundi 1907 Yeit he baid seuen dais in rest. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 19836 In orisoun he lay and bode. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) v. i. 68 Ful longe there I boode in my torment and peyne. c1530 Jacob & 12 Sonnes (Collier) 12 Rachel bod long barrain. 1611 Bible (King James) Rom. xi. 23 If they bide not still in vnbeliefe. View more context for this quotation 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vi. xliv. 75 And thirstie drinks, and drinking thirstie bides. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems viii. 10 Nor follow her that flies thee, or to bide in woe Consent. b. (a) to bide by (rarely at): to stand firm by, adhere to, stick to, maintain. †to bide upon: to dwell or insist upon (a point). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > adhere constantly or steadfastly to [verb (transitive)] to stand in ——a1382 abidea1393 saddena1500 to bide bya1513 to stick to ——?1531 to stout out1568 to make good1606 winter1608 buckle1793 maintain1819 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait for, await [verb (transitive)] bidec950 keepc1000 abideOE i-kepe?c1225 lookc1225 bidea1300 sustainc1350 await1393 remainc1455 tarry?a1475 attenda1513 expect1536 to stay on1540 watch1578 remain1585 staya1586 to stay for ——1602 tend1604 to bide upona1616 behold1642 prestolate1653 expecta1664 wait1746 the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > insist or persist [verb (intransitive)] > dwell upon resta1500 pause1530 to bide upona1616 arresta1631 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cciiii. f. cxxiiii^v For this [battle] was so strongly bydden by, that men coude nat Iuge whiche parte had the better. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark x. f. lix For thys thinges sake shall a man leve father and mother and byde by his wyfe. 1536 Sir R. Moryson in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. lxxii Many things..which be both truly spoken and cannot but do good being bydden bye. 1559 Q. Kennedy Let. in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844) 266 He gaif me nevir answir to my wryttingis, nor ȝit baid at his sayingis. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 244 To bide vpon 't: thou art not honest. View more context for this quotation 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 109 Worthy reasons why she should Bide by this issue. (b) Cf. to be a bidden by, prop. abidden by: to be maintained; also adverbially = undoubtedly, we may be sure. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > of course, certainly [phrase] to iwissea1000 mid iwissea1000 in wisc1000 to wis(se)c1000 without(en (any) weenc1175 sans fail1297 thereof no strife1297 but werea1300 forouten werea1300 out of werea1300 without werea1300 without deceit1303 for certainc1320 it is to wittingc1320 withouten carec1320 without nayc1330 without noc1330 without (but out of) dread1340 no doubtc1380 without distancec1390 no fresea1400 out of doubta1400 without doubta1400 for, (in, at obs.), of, to (a) certaintyc1400 withouten stance14.. hazel woods shakea1413 of, on, in warrantisec1440 sure enough?1440 without question?1440 wythout diswerec1440 without any dispayrec1470 for (also of) a surety?a1475 in (also for) surenessa1475 of certainc1485 without any (also all) naya1500 out of question?1526 past question?1526 for sure1534 what else1540 beyond (also out of, past, without) (all) peradventure1542 to be a bidden by1549 out of (also without) all cry1565 with a witness1579 upon my word1591 no question1594 out of all suspicion1600 for a certain1608 without scruple1612 to be sure1615 that's pos1710 in course1722 beyond (all) question1817 (and) no mistake1818 no two ways about it (also that)1818 of course1823 bien entendu1844 yessiree1846 you bet you1857 make no mistake1876 acourse1883 sans doute1890 how are you?1918 you bet your bippy1968 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 5th Serm. sig. Ovi^v To be a bidden by, he wold have done muche good in that parte. 3. To remain in a place, or with a person, as opposed to going away; to stay. Often with the idea of remaining behind when others go. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > remain as opposed to go bidec893 yleaveOE leaveOE wonc1000 abideOE worthOE beliveOE atstutte-nc1220 stuttea1225 atstuntc1230 astinta1250 beleavea1325 lasta1325 stounda1325 stinta1340 joukc1374 restaya1382 to leave over1394 liec1400 byec1425 onbidec1430 keep1560 stay1575 delay1655 to wait on1773 stop1801 to sit on1815 to hang around1830 to stick around1878 to sit tight1897 remain1912 stay-down1948 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)] > support by one's presence bidec893 support1601 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. ii. v. §7 Þonne he þær leng bide. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxvi. 38 Gebídaþ her and waciaþ mid me.] c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 149 Wuo is mi soule þat ich bide here swo longe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16744 Durst naman wit him bide. 1482 Monk of Evesham 34 Y thought to haue byddyn ther in the same place tyl the mornyng. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges i. sig. F v Better were for suche, to hade byd at home. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 24^v He baid..Vpon that hill..Him to refresche. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. xi. sig. Ii5 So there all day they bode, till light the sky forsooke. View more context for this quotation 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) i. ii. 3 Such as dive and bide long under the Water. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 35 Who bides at home, nor looks abroad. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise 68 While we bided on that flowery down. 4. Of things: To remain, be left. to let a thing bide: to leave it where it is; to leave it alone for the present, to let it stand over. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > remain or be left [verb (intransitive)] to be leftOE leaveOE abidea1393 bidec1400 remainc1425 resta1500 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > abstain from interfering with to let alonec897 leaveOE to let bec1000 to let bec1175 to let (a person or thing) yworth?c1225 to let (something) standa1400 to let dwella1500 to leave to oneself (also itself)?1531 let1818 to let a thing bide1866 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 449 Þaȝ þe kyste in the cragez wern closed to byde. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 166 A gret power at Dipplyn still thar baid. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. lxxix. sig. ll.vi/2 Yf thei byde [a1398 BL Add. adydeþ] in the stomak they torne sone to fumosyte & corrupcion. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 154 Heauen and earth shal sooner perish, then one iot bide behind of that he hath promised. a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 72 Waters stinke soone, if in one place they bide. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. iv. 141 We will..let the crow bide. 5. To remain in residence; to sojourn, dwell, reside. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > continue to dwell beleavec1175 bidec1280 continue1417 c1280 Fall & Passion 40 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 13 Nedis he most wend to helle..þere he most bide an dwelle. c1386 G. Chaucer Cook's Tale 35 This ioly prentys with his maister bood [v.r. bode]. 1482 Monk of Evesham 26 Than bode with hym a certeyn brother. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints sig. N The world, in which they bootles boad. 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) ii. ii. iii. 242 Some..will knowe..what God did..where did he bide? 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 321 All knees to thee shall bow, of them that bide In Heaven, or Earth, or under Earth in Hell. View more context for this quotation 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere v, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 33 The spirit who 'bideth by himself In the land of mist and snow. 1821 J. Baillie Lady G. Baillie in Metrical Legends xii. 9 Many his wants who bideth lonely there. II. transitive. 6. To wait for, await. Now only in the phrase, to bide one's time: to await one's opportunity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait for, await [verb (transitive)] bidec950 keepc1000 abideOE i-kepe?c1225 lookc1225 bidea1300 sustainc1350 await1393 remainc1455 tarry?a1475 attenda1513 expect1536 to stay on1540 watch1578 remain1585 staya1586 to stay for ——1602 tend1604 to bide upona1616 behold1642 prestolate1653 expecta1664 wait1746 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expectation, waiting > wait, await [verb (intransitive)] > for an opportunity to wait one's (or the) time, hour, opportunity, etc.1303 watch?1473 to wait for dead men's shoes1550 to have an eye to the wood1578 to bide one's time1853 c950 Lindisf. G. Matt. xi. 3 Oðer we bidas. 971 Blickl. Hom. 7 Drihtnes engel bideþ þinre geþafunga. c1230 Hali Meid. 11 Eauer bide his grace. 1382 J. Wyclif Psalms cxviii. [cxix.] 166 I bod thin helthe ȝiuere, Lord. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 622 We byde þe here. c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 339 Atte Tarne Wathelan Bidus me Sir Gauan. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. ix. 122 Now at the dur deth reddy bydis me. 1611 Bible (King James) Wisd. viii. 12 When I hold my tongue they..shal bide my leisure. View more context for this quotation 1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. xvii. 218. §1 They bide their time and then suddenly present themselves. 1873 S. Smiles Huguenots in France i. ix. 191 They held their peace and bided their time. 7. To await in resistance, to face, encounter, withstand; = abide v. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > confront abidec1275 stand?1316 visagec1386 bidec1400 to stand to ——1562 affront1569 to look (a person, etc.) in the face1573 outface1574 front1582 to meet with1585 confront1594 propose1594 to stand up to1596 outfront1631 to stand forth to1631 head1682 meet1725 OE Beowulf 1618 Se þe ǽr æt sæcce gebád wíghrýre wráðra.] c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 376 He baldly hym bydez [MS reads bydeȝ]. c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 516 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 239 None durst hym byde there at all. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxxxix. 532 Some of the capitayns wolde that thenglisshmen shulde be byden, and some other sayd nay, bycause they were nat strong ynough to abyde them that were fresshmen. 1664 Floddan Field ix. 83 Yet for defence they fiercely frame And narrow dint with danger boad. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. xxxiii. 260 They dare not, hand to hand, Bide buffet from a true man's brand. 1871 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Odyssey I. v. 143 Two men and three, in that abundant store, Might bide the winter storm. †8. To await submissively, submit to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > submission > submit to [verb (transitive)] undergangc1000 undergoc1175 abidec1275 bidec1275 shootc1275 undergoc1315 submit1397 incline?a1400 vail1610 cede1633 defer1686 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2357 Þat ne sulde he nauere ibiden [1300 Otho ibide]. þe while þe he mihte riden. c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 545 The kynges wil wald he noght bide, Worth of him what may bityde. †9. a. To endure, suffer, bear, undergo; = abide v. 15. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] thave835 i-dreeeOE tholec897 abeareOE underbearc950 adreeOE dreeOE driveOE i-tholeOE throwOE underfoc1000 bearOE bidec1200 suffera1250 abidec1275 drinka1340 endure1340 underfong1382 receivec1384 abyea1393 sustain1398 finda1400 undergoa1400 get?c1430 underganga1470 ponder?a1525 a dog's lifea1528 tolerate1531 to stand to ——1540 to feel the weight of?1553 enjoy1577 carry1583 abrook1594 to stand under ——a1616 to fall a victim to1764 the mind > emotion > suffering > suffer mental pain [verb (transitive)] thave835 i-dreeeOE tholec897 underbearc950 adreeOE dreeOE driveOE i-tholeOE throwOE underfoc1000 bearOE takec1175 bidec1200 suffera1250 leadc1330 drinka1340 endure1340 wielda1375 underfong1382 receivec1384 sustain1398 finda1400 undergoa1400 underganga1470 ponder?a1525 tolerate1531 to go through ——1535 to feel the weight of?1553 enjoy1577 carry1583 abrook1594 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 33 Ne wot no man hwat blisse is þe naure wowe ne bod. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3105 Manige ðor sorge on liue bead. c1400 Sir Perc. 627 The sorowe that the kinge bade Mighte no tonge telle. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 454/2 I can nat byde this payne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iv. 93 There is no womans sides Can bide the beating of so strong a passion. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 59 Wherein we Must bide the stroak of that long threatn'd wound. View more context for this quotation 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. xxii Who bides his grasp will that encounter rue. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xi. 228 I wonder how younger folk bide it—I bide it ill. †b. to bide out: to endure to the end. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > adhere constantly or steadfastly to [verb (transitive)] > endure without giving way tholec1175 suffera1387 outbear1530 to fight out1548 sustain1573 stand1575 hold1592 to stand out1600 to bide out1637 to stand for ——1896 tough1974 1637 S. Rutherford Let. 6 Jan. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 182 Griening of sick desires would cause it [sc. the soul] to bide out the siege. 10. To tolerate, endure, put up with; = abide v. 16. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > endure patiently [verb (transitive)] > bear with or tolerate forbearc897 tholec950 bearOE abidec1300 bidea1325 takec1330 suffer1340 wielda1375 to have patience with (also in, toward)c1384 supportc1384 to sit with ——c1400 sustainc1400 thulgec1400 acceptc1405 to away with1528 brook1530 well away1533 to bear with —1538 digest1553 to comport with1565 stand1567 purse?1571 to put up1573 well away1579 comport1588 fadge1592 abrook1594 to come away1594 to take up with1609 swallow1611 embracea1616 to pack up1624 concocta1627 to set down bya1630 to take with ——1632 tolerate1646 brook1658 stomach1677 pouch1819 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1594 If iacob toke her also a wif, Ne bode ic no lengere werldes lif. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 32 For he..May not byde þat burne. 1810 R. Tannahill Poems (1846) 25 I cou'dna bide the thought. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xii. 262 I could never bide the staying still in ae place. 1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket i. iv. 84 Tho' I can drink wine I cannot bide water, my lord. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OEv.c893
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† bidebyden.

bidev.