Bíða

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

bíða Old Icelandic word can mean:

bíða

(bíð; beið, biðum; beðit), v.

bíða

1) to abide, wait for, with gen., bíð þú mín hér, wait for me here;

bíða

þeir biðu byrjar, they waited for favourable wind;

bíða

~ sinnar stundar, to bide one’s time;

bíða

~ e-s ór stað (þaðan, héðan), to stand waiting in the same place (there, here);

bíða

var eigi langt at ~, at (it was not long before) sannaðist saga ábóta míns;

bíða

2) to suffer, undergo, sustain, with acc.;

bíða

~ bana (dauða, hel), skaða, to suffer death, loss;

bíða

~ ámæli, to be blamed;

bíða

~ ósigr, to be defeated;

bíða

~ enga ró, to feel no peace, be uneasy;

bíða

~ bót (bœtr) e-s, to recover, overcome;

bíða

3) e-t bíðr e-s, is in store for one, awaits one (fagnaðu, vin minn, því at þín bíðr eilífr fagnaðr);

bíða

4) impers., e-t (acc.) bíðr, there is, there is to be had, with a preceeding negative; hvárki bíðr þar báru né vinds blæ, there is felt neither wave nor breath of air;

bíða

varla beið brauð eðr fœðu, was scarcely to be had.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚦᛅ