bide

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  1. intransitive verb To remain in a condition or state.
  2. intransitive verb To wait; tarry.
  3. intransitive verb To stay: bide at home.

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bide:   bode ·  bided
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  1. Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English biden, from Anglo-Saxon bīdan (preterit bād, plural bidon, past participle biden) = Old Saxon bīdan = OFries. bīda = Dutch beiden= Old High German bītan, Middle High German bīten, German dial. beiten = Icelandic bīdha = Swedish bida = Danish bie = Gothic (Moesogothic) beidan, wait. Cf. Irish feithim, I wait, = Gaelic feith, wait. See abide and abode.
 

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