Bíða

Old Norse Dictionary - bíða

Meaning of Old Norse word "bíða" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

bíða Old Norse word can mean:

bíða
beið, biðu, beðit; pres. bíð; imperat. bíð, 2nd pers. bíðþú, bíddu, [Ulf. beidan; A. S. bidan; Engl. bide; O. H. G. bitan]:—to bide.
bíða
I. to bide, wait for: with gen., b. e-s, to wait for one, Eg. 274; skal slíkra manna at vísu vel b., such men are worth waiting for, i. e. they are not to be had at once, FmS. ii. 34; the phrase, bíða sinnar stundar, to bide one’s time: with héðan, þaðan, to wait, stand waiting, bíð þú héðan, unz ek kem, 656 C. 35; þaðan beið þengill, Hkv. 1. 22: also, b. e-s ór stað, Lex. Poët. The old writers constantly use a notion ‘a loco,’ þaðan, héðan, or stað, where the mod. usage is hér, þar, ‘in loco:’ absol., FmS. x. 37, Nj. 3.
bíða
II. to abide, suffer, undergo, Lat. pati; with acc., b. harm, Nj. 250; skaða, Grág. i. 459, 656 C; ámæli, to be blamed, Nj. 133; bana, dauða, hel, to abide death …, to die, Hm. 19, FmS. vi. 114; ósigr, to abide defeat, be defeated; svá skal böl bæta at bíða annat meira (a proverb), Fb. ii. 336, Al. 57: sometimes in a good sense, bíða elli, to last to a great age, 656 A; b. enga ró, to feel no peace, be uneasy, Eg. 403; b. ekki (seint) bætr e-s, of an irreparable loss, Ísl. ii. 172.
bíða
III. impers., e-t (acc.) bíðr, there abides, i. e. exists, is to be had, with a preceding negative; hvárki bíðr þar báru né vindsblæ, there is felt neither wave nor blast, Stj. 78; beið engan þann er ráða kynni, there was none that could make it out, 22; varla beið brauð eðr fæðu, was not to be had, 212; slægastr af öllum þeím kvikendum er til bíðr á jarðríki, 34. gen. iii. 1.
bíða
IV. part. pl. bíðendr, v. andróði.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
gl.
glossary.
imperat.
imperative.
l.
line.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
pers.
person.
pres.
present.
S.
Saga.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
absol.
absolute, absolutely.
gen.
genitive.
i. e.
id est.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
v.
vide.
acc.
accusative.
Lat.
Latin.
m.
masculine.
impers.
impersonal.
part.
participle.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Al.
Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Hm.
Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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