bide tryst verb1 •(dialect, no longer used) To wait for a person at the appointed place and time."You walk late, sir," said I, as we met a second time. "I bide tryste," was the reply, "and so I think do you, Mr Osbaldistone." — 1817 formsbided tryst · bode tryst · bidden tryst · biding tryst · bides tryst