On-bíd

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - on-bíd

According to the Old English Dictionary:

(-bid ?), es;

on-bíd
n. Awaiting, expectation :-- Næs ðæt onbíd long ðæt ... it was not long to wait, before ..., Exon. Th. 156, 18; Gú. 876. Long is ðis onbíd worulde lífes long in this life is this waiting for the next, 164, 30; Gú. 1019. Hé on tweógendlícan onbíde wæs hwæðer hé wið Rómánum winnan dorste he was waiting in doubt (cunctans) whether he durst fight with the Romans, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 204, 29.

Related words: an-bíd, onbíd-stów. on-bid

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