Old English Dictionary Entry

An-bíd

Part of speech: es; Related words: on-bíd. an-bid

Definitions

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1 an-bíd

n. Awaiting, expectation; expectatio, mora :-- Ðǽr wæron ǽrendracan on anbíde there ambassadors were in waiting, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 44. Næs ic on náuht [ne, áht, áuht] ídlum anbíde, ðeáh hit me lang anbíd þúhte, ðá ðá ic anbídode Godes fultumes expectans, expectavi Dominum, Ps. Th. 39, 1. Earmra anbíd the expectation of the miserable, Cd. 169; Th. 212, 2; Exod. 533: Elen. Kmbl. 1767; El. 885.

Similar Words

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Runic Inscription

ᚪᚾ-ᛒᛁᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
El.: Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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