Middle English Dictionary Entry
ibidden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | ibidden v. Also ibid(d)e, ibidan, ȝebidden, gebidden, ibedde. Forms: p. ibed, ȝebēde; ppl. ibēde(n. |
| Etymology | OE gebiddan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: For prefixed p.ppls. see also bidden v.
1.
(a) To pray (to God, to Christ); pray to (sb.); pray for (sth.); -- also refl.; (b) refl. to be in prayer, pray; (c) to ask (sth. of sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)72/28 : Ðæt he to his Drihtne mid astreahtum limum & ȝeleafan hine ȝebede.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)4/8 : Ða andswerde he heom & bead heom þet heo andbidoden ane medmycle tid of [read: oþ] þet he hine to his drihtine ȝebede.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.DD (Lamb 487)45 : Ic ham ȝeue reste, alswa þu ibeden hauest, from non on saterdei a þa cume monedeis lihting.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15736 : La, swa ich ibedde are, nat ich na mare.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)20655 : Ich ibidde hire sune þat he us beon a fultume.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)2431 : Cum nu, & ne beo þu na þing o dute of al þet tu ibeden hauest.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)72/12 : Þe manfulle..hine sceortlice ðus ibed.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)115 : He scal hine ibidan on a-sette tidan.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)143/2 : Ðanne ðu wilt ȝebidden ðe..ga into þine bedde.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)46/12,13 : Abid me þenne, broþer..hwil þet ich ibidde me..Ibide þe baldeliche!
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)75/26 : Wakieð & ibiddeð ow, þet schal don ow stonden.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)161,165,169 : As vre louerd hine ybed, he bi-gon to swete..Þo he hedde hyne ibede..He com to his apostles..Wakieþ and ybiddeþ eu alle to-gadere.
- a1300 Þeo soþe luue (Jes-O 29)103 : We schulde..vs ibidde nyht and day hwihles þat we libbe.
c
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.656 : Ic wile ðe ge-bidden, la, leoue freond, þet hii wirce æuostlice on þere werce.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)458/57 : Ne kepe ich..nouȝht more of þe ibide [Hrl: abyde] Bote þat ich may in one niȝhte with min Asse ouer-ride.