gebidan

From ġe- +‎ bīdan. Cognate with Old Saxon gibīdan, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (gabeidan).

• IPA^(key): /jeˈbiː.dɑn/

ġebīdan

1. 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

2. 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.

3. to experience or endure
   • 10th century, The Seafarer:

     Mæġ iċ be mē sylfum · sōðġied wrecan,
     sīþas seċġan, · hū iċ ġeswincdagum
     earfoðhwīle · oft þrōwade,
     bitre brēostċeare · ġebiden hæbbe,

     I can utter a true tale about myself,
     tell goings on how I by days of hardship
     oft tholed the times of hardship,
     have withstood bitter sorrow,

4. to reach, attain