biþa

Old Swedish

verb

Definitions

to await, to wait for
to undergo, to suffer

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse bíða (abide, wait) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną (wait, await).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bīdaną

Gloss

wait, await

Concept

Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
*bʰéydʰeti Proto-Indo-European
*bīdaną Proto-Germanic
bidan Old English
bīdan Old English
bíða Old Norse
bíðendr Old Norse
bie Danish
bíða Icelandic
bītan Old High German
bíða Faroese
𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
bidan Old Dutch
bīdan Old Dutch
bidan Old Saxon
bīþa, biþa Old Swedish

bīþa
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