Participles
| Present | bīdende |
| Past | (ġe)biden |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | bīde |
| 2nd sing. | bītst |
| 3rd sing. | bītt; bīt |
| 1st plur. | bīdaþ |
| 2nd plur. | bīdaþ |
| 3rd plur. | bīdaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | bād |
| 2nd sing. | bide |
| 3rd sing. | bād |
| 1st plur. | bidon |
| 2nd plur. | bidon |
| 3rd plur. | bidon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | bīde |
| 2nd sing. | bīde |
| 3rd sing. | bīde |
| 1st plur. | bīden |
| 2nd plur. | bīden |
| 3rd plur. | bīden |
Past
| 1st sing. | bide |
| 2nd sing. | bide |
| 3rd sing. | bide |
| 1st plur. | biden |
| 2nd plur. | biden |
| 3rd plur. | biden |
Verbs conjugated like 'bidan'
bidan,
Verbs similar to 'bidan'
abidan,
bædan,
biddan,
bigan,
bindan,
bitan,
cidan,
ridan,
tidan,
abitan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bīdan.
Sample Sentences
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Forþon him ġelȳfeð lȳt, sē þe āh līfes wyn ġebiden in burgum, bealosīþa hwōn, wlonc ond wīngāl, hū iċ wēriġ oft in brimlāde bīdan sċeolde. (At first he believes a little, who has life’s mirth lasted in towns, a little of woes, proud and wine-flown, how weary I oft had to linger on the sea-road.) [10th century, The Seafarer:]
Cognates
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