Participles
| Present | ġebīdende |
| Past | ġebiden |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ġebīde |
| 2nd sing. | ġebītst |
| 3rd sing. | ġebītt; ġebīt |
| 1st plur. | ġebīdaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ġebīdaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ġebīdaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġebād |
| 2nd sing. | ġebide |
| 3rd sing. | ġebād |
| 1st plur. | ġebidon |
| 2nd plur. | ġebidon |
| 3rd plur. | ġebidon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ġebīde |
| 2nd sing. | ġebīde |
| 3rd sing. | ġebīde |
| 1st plur. | ġebīden |
| 2nd plur. | ġebīden |
| 3rd plur. | ġebīden |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġebide |
| 2nd sing. | ġebide |
| 3rd sing. | ġebide |
| 1st plur. | ġebiden |
| 2nd plur. | ġebiden |
| 3rd plur. | ġebiden |
Imperative
| Singular | ġebīd |
| Plural | ġebīdaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'gebidan'
gebidan,
Verbs similar to 'gebidan'
gebiddan,
gebigan,
gebindan,
gecidan,
getidan,
abidan,
bebindan,
beridan,
bidan,
gebæran,
Etymology
From ġe- + bīdan. Cognate with Old Saxon gibīdan, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (gabeidan).
Sample Sentences
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Exeter Book, The Wanderer
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Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
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Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ
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A loner oft waits a grace for himself, (Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful)
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Exeter Book, The Wanderer
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Beorn sceal ġebīdan þonne hē bēot spriceð oþþæt collenferð cunne ġearwe hwider hreþra ġehyġd hweorfan wille. (A man must pause when he utters a boast, until, for all his magnanimity, he really know whither his heart's meditation will tend.)
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Mæġ iċ be mē sylfum · sōðġied wrecan,
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sīþas seċġan, · hū iċ ġeswincdagum
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earfoðhwīle · oft þrōwade,
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bitre brēostċeare · ġebiden hæbbe, (I can utter a true tale about myself,
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tell goings on how I by days of hardship
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oft tholed the times of hardship,
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have withstood bitter sorrow,) [10th century, The Seafarer:]
Cognates
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