Middle English word overbiden comes from Old English bīdan, Old English bidan (To stay, to remain. To wait, to wait for.), Old English ofer-
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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bīdan | Old English (ang) | |
bidan | Old English (ang) | To stay, to remain. To wait, to wait for. |
ofer- | Old English (ang) | Used to form nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions having intensive force, or with a sense of "going over, above". |
oferbīdan | Old English (ang) | |
oferbidan | Old English (ang) | To outlive, outlast, survive; overlive. |
overbiden | Middle English (enm) |