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byde

byde is the obsolete form of bide.

Meaning of bide

Verb

bide (third-person singular simple present bides, present participle biding, simple past bode or bided, past participle bided or bidden)

  1. (dialectal, transitive) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
    • And doubting naught right courteous all, in your accustomed wont: And gentle ears, our author he is prest to bide the bruntc. 1570, anonymous author, Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes
    Synonyms:
    put up with
  2. (archaic, transitive) To face with resistance; to encounter; to withstand.
    • Tech[elles]. I heare them come, ſhall wee encounter them? / Tam[burlaine]. Keep all your ſtandings, and not ſtir a foot, / Myſelfe will bide the danger of the brunt.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  3. (archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
    • All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide / In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell.1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker...
    Synonyms:
    live
  4. (archaic, dialectal, intransitive) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
    • And thither wending there that night they bode.1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 168
    Synonyms:
    stand by
  5. (archaic, transitive) To wait for; to await.
    Synonyms:
    await

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Questions about byde

What is byde the obsolete form of?
Byde is the obsolete form of bide.

Words near byde in the dictionary

  1. bycockets
  2. bycoket
  3. bycokets
  4. Byculla
  5. BYD
  6. byde
  7. Bydgoszcz
  8. bydlo
  9. bydweller
  10. bydwellers
  11. bye

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