bíða

Icelandic

/ˈpiːða/

verb-strong
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to wait
  • (transitive) to wait for something
  • (transitive) to abide, undergo, suffer (some fate, usually something bad)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse bíða (abide, wait) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną (wait, await) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (persuade, trust, command, confide with, agree, take trust, be convinced, encourage, constrain).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰeydʰ-

Gloss

persuade, trust, command, confide with, agree, take trust, be convinced, encourage, constrain

Concept
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Ontological Category

Action/Process

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