Participles
| Present | ābīdende |
| Past | ābiden |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ābīde |
| 2nd sing. | ābītst |
| 3rd sing. | ābītt; ābīt |
| 1st plur. | ābīdaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ābīdaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ābīdaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ābād |
| 2nd sing. | ābide |
| 3rd sing. | ābād |
| 1st plur. | ābidon |
| 2nd plur. | ābidon |
| 3rd plur. | ābidon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ābīde |
| 2nd sing. | ābīde |
| 3rd sing. | ābīde |
| 1st plur. | ābīden |
| 2nd plur. | ābīden |
| 3rd plur. | ābīden |
Past
| 1st sing. | ābide |
| 2nd sing. | ābide |
| 3rd sing. | ābide |
| 1st plur. | ābiden |
| 2nd plur. | ābiden |
| 3rd plur. | ābiden |
Imperative
| Singular | ābīd |
| Plural | ābīdaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'abidan'
abidan,
Verbs similar to 'abidan'
abitan,
bidan,
abeodan,
aberan,
abugan,
afedan,
afindan,
agifan,
alædan,
animan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *uʀbīdan (“to await, expect, tolerate”), equivalent to ā- + bīdan.
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
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Hwæs ābītst þū? (What are you waiting for?)
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Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
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Æfter ðisum ġebede, hē ābād on ðām leġere āne fēawa dagas, mid fefore ġewǣht, þurh wacolon ġebedum, on flōre liċġende, bestrēowod mid axum, on stīðre hǣran, upāhafenum ēagum and handum tō heofenum, and ne ġeswāc his ġebeda ōðþæt hē sāwlode. (After this prayer, he remained in sickness for a few days, weakened by fever, in watchful prayer, lying on the floor, bestrewn with ashes, on stiff sackcloth, with eyes and hands turned up toward heaven, and he did not stop his prayers until he passed away.)
Cognates
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