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bíða

bíða

See also: bida, bída, biþa, and bid'a

Faroese

Verb

bíða (third person singular past indicative bíðaði, third person plural past indicative bíðað, supine bíðað)

  1. to wait

Conjugation


Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bíða, from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːða/
    Rhymes: -iːða

Verb

bíða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative beið, third-person plural past indicative biðu, supine beðið)

  1. (intransitive) to wait
    Bíddu eftir mér!
    Wait for me!
    Bíddu!
    Wait!
  2. (transitive, with genitive) to wait for something syn.
    Bíddu mín.
    Wait for me.
  3. (transitive, with accusative) to abide, undergo, suffer (some fate, usually something bad)
    Karþagómenn biðu ósigur fyrir Rómverjum.
    The Carthaginians suffered defeat at the hands of the Romans.

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