gebidan

Meaning

1. to wait, bide

   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

   Exeter Book, The Wanderer

2. to pause

   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

3. to experience or endure

   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,

   Mæġ iċ be mē sylfum · sōðġied wrecan,

4. to reach, attain

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