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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
abīden
v.
418 quotations in 12 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To wait, be patient; (b)
abiding time
, a period of waiting; (c)
impers.
it abod not long er
, it was not until; (d) in proverbs.
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2.
abōd
n.
24 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) The act of waiting, delay;
abod of
, waiting for, awaiting; (b)
non abod
, no delay, no hesitation;
withouten (buten) abod
, without delay, immediately;
no leng abod
, no longer delay.
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