Part of speech: verb
Verb type: strong verb (1)
1. to wait, await, expect; to bide; 2. to remain, stay; to tarry; 3. to live, abide; 4. to endure, suffer
Etymology
[Mod E BIDE ← Prot-Germ *bīdan; Goth beidan; O Fris bidia wk v; O Sax bīdan; OHG bītan; Icel bíða ← Indo-Europ *bheidh-; cf Anc Gr πείθομαι “to trust; to pesrusade; to compel”; Lat fīdere “to trust, confide”]
Paradigm
4.1.1. - I class
| I class | infinitive | past tense singular | past tense plural | past participle |
| to write | wrítan | wrát | writon | writen |
| to cut; to cut off | sníðan | snáþ | snidon | sniden |
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