gebidan
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ġe- + bīdan. Cognate with Old Saxon gibīdan, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (gabeidan).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ġebīdan
- to wait, bide
- Exeter Book, The Wanderer
- Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ- A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful
- A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
- Exeter Book, The Wanderer
- to pause
- Exeter Book, The Wanderer
- Beorn sceal ġebīdan þonne hē bēot spriceð oþþæt collenferð cunne ġearwe hwider hreþra ġehyġd hweorfan wille.
- A man must pause when he utters a boast, until, for all his magnanimity, he really know whither his heart's meditation will tend.
- Exeter Book, The Wanderer
- to experience or endure
- to reach, attain
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of ġebīdan (strong class 1)
infinitive | ġebīdan | ġebīdenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | ġebīde | ġebād |
second person singular | ġebītst | ġebide |
third person singular | ġebītt, ġebīt | ġebād |
plural | ġebīdaþ | ġebidon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | ġebīde | ġebide |
plural | ġebīden | ġebiden |
imperative | ||
singular | ġebīd | |
plural | ġebīdaþ | |
participle | present | past |
ġebīdende | ġebiden |