bíða

Old Norse

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to abide, wait for
  • (transitive) to suffer, undergo, sustain
  • (transitive) to be in store for, await
  • (impersonal) (there) to be, to be to be had

Etymology

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

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