bide

verb5

1. •
   (dialect) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.

   • And doubting naught right courteous all, in your accustomed wont: And gentle ears, our author he is prest to bide the brunt — 1570
2. •
   (no longer used) To face with resistance; to encounter; to withstand.

   • Tech[elles]. I heare them come, shall wee encounter them? / Tam[burlaine]. Keep all your standings, and not stir a foot, / Myselfe will bide the danger of the brunt. — 1587
3. •
   (dialect, no longer used) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.

   • And thither wending there that night they bode. — 1859
4. •
   (no longer used) To wait for; to await.
5. •
   (dialect, no longer used) To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.

   • All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide / In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell. — 1667