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Bid, v. Also: byd, byde, bide; p.t. bad, baud (bald), bawd, bade, baid; p.p. bidden, -in, -yn, bidin(e, byddyn, -yne. [ME. bid(de, byd(de, early ME. bidden, ONhb. bidda, OE. biddan. As in Eng., partly representing OE. béodan Bede v.]

1. tr. To request, to command or order (a person) to do something.Usually const. with inf., sometimes with that.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xxxv. 96.
I sal redy be To gange quhare-sa thu bydis me
c1420 Wynt. v. 5339.
Ga fra this stede, … I byd thé
Ib. vi. 1127.
Byd him sek this certane plas
1456 Hay I. 143/32.
He biddis him turne hame agayne
a1500 Rauf C. 165.
Do as I bid thé
Ib. 626.
Bid him seik him his self
c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlv. 23.
As quha wald bid ane deid man dance
1513 Doug. iii. ii. 66.
Byddis he ws turn agane?
15.. Clar. i. 1229.
Ȝe sall bide him take This heart
1596 Dalr. II. 17/1.
King Philip … biddis thame be of stout courage
(b) 1375 Barb. i. 251.
Gyff man bad his thryll owcht do
Ib. xi. 568.
As he bad thame, thai haf done
a1400 Leg. S. x. 246.
He … bad thame … worschipe do Til him
c1400 Troy-bk. i. 49.
He bad me to ȝow say
c1420 Wynt. iii. 1051.
This kyng bad this Symon ta That stane
Ib. v. 4937.
He … bade hym that he suld pas
1456 Hay I. 110/16.
Crist … bad sanct Petir … that he [etc.]
1490 Irland Mir. I. 31/18.
God … bad him pas to king Pharo
c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 138.
Scho bad hir archearis … me arrest
1549 Lanark Sheriff Ct. 18 b.
Scho baud him gif viij s. to Johne Mathe
1549 Compl. 40/12.
The maister … bald the marynalis lay the cabil
c1500-c1512 Dunb. Th. & Rose 122 (B).
Scho … bawd him be as just [etc.]
1567 G. Ball. ii.
He bad vs euer pray to thé
(c) 1375 Barb. vi. 91.
Thai did as he thame biddin had
1597 Misc. Spald. C. I. 191.
Scho is indytit to haue bidine hir guidmane … that [etc.]

b. To invite. c1520-c1535 Nisbet Mat. xxii. 3.
He send his seruandis to call men that war biddin [Wycl. bode] to the weddingis

2. To request or command (something to be done). Also intr. to make a request, give an order.(a) a1400 Leg. S. i. 490.
Than is don as he can byde
Ib. xviii. 350.
It thu bydis … I sal fulfil
1389 Liber Melros 449.
To yow … we bid and commandes [etc.]
1425 Reg. Great S. 11/1.
Til al … that it afferis, straitly we bid [etc.]
1456 Hay I. 190/28.
Tharfore biddis he … that na man [etc.]
a1500 Henr. Orph. 613.
Ressoun … Bidis leif this warldis full delyte
1513 Doug. viii. viii. 93.
Thai byd display thar banaris
1558 Misc. Wodrow Soc. 138.
Thay bid do, and dois nocht
1567 G. Ball. 60.
My flesche biddis fle
(b) a1400 Leg. S. i. 361.
Nero bad a man suld ga
Ib. xxvi. 301.
Has he bad, sa haf thai done
c1420 Wynt. v. 202.
He … as the angell bad has done
Ib. 1396.
He bad thre messys be sayd
c1475 Wall. iii. 293.
The lord bad ces
a1500 Henr. Fab. 1082.
The Justice bad belyif To gif the dome
1513 Doug. v. xiv. 3.
Heys heich the cros, he bad
Ib. xi. xii. 29.
Thai … bad on thame with a cry
a1500 Peblis to Play 103.
Ane bad pay, ane vther said nay
(c) 1375 Barb. xix. 450.
Thai did as he biddin had
a1400 Leg. S. x. 260.
As the kinge had biddyn
Ib. xxxiii. 834.
To fulfil The thing that bydding wes hym til
c1400 Troy-bk. i. 173.
My message, … As me was biddyn, so I said
1533 Gau 55/12.
It is byddyne vs that ve suld [etc.]
a1570-86 Maitl. F. clxx. 145.
As he hes biddin

b. To request or ask for (a thing). Also with of. a1500 Henr. Fab. 157.
Haif we riches, na better lyfe we bid
1490 Irland Mir. I. 137/11.
The … haly trinite desirit and bade the consent of this haly lady
c1500-c1512 Dunb. vi. 34.
Of varldis gud I bad na mair
Ib. xl. 14.
Bot mavasy, scho bad nane vder [wine]
1513 Doug. viii. Prol. 134.
I weyn thou byddis na better bot I brek thi brow
Ib. xi. xv. 55.
I ask na trophe … Nowder byd I therof spulȝe nor renovn
1572 Sat. P. xxxii. 17.
Na vther lyfe we pure men bade of better

c. To wish; to say in greeting or leave-taking. c1540 Lynd. Syde Taillis 129.
Quhen gentill men biddis thame gude day
1567 Sat. P. iii. 62.
Quhen Dalila and Bothwell bad gudnycht
1668 Conv. Burghs III. 608.
We wish yow a … saffe returne and bids youe fairwell

3. To offer, esp. as a price for goods. a1400 Leg. S. xxxix. 49.
Of hir gud scho bad [L. obtulit] in hy
14.. Acts I. 39/2.
Gif … it hafe bene befor the sellyng of it byddin to the nerrest of the frendis
1436 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 4.
Gif ony takkis on hand to bye this vitalle of derrere pryce na is bidden for it in the tolbuith
1462 Ib. 20.
To by ony vittuallis or to bid ony price thairfoir
c1475 Wall. ii. 38.
For a strak he bad him grottis thre
1519 Rec. Earld. Orkney 94.
Efter thay be thryise tymes biddin at kirk or court
c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 479.
They bad him wyne, and he it drank
1547 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 129.
That the haill guidis be … sett to thame that biddis maist thairfore
1555 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 291.
Quhair his nychtbour hes … bidden ony money thairfor, that his nychtbour bid na mair nor is offerit
1647 Elgin Rec. I. 182.
Johne Douglas … offered for Kempsaiker 210 merks and … non baid nor offered more

b. To offer (battle). Cf. Bede v. Brus viii. 183 (E).
Thar thoucht he battaile for to bid [C. beid]
c1420 Ratis R. App. p. 174.
Be nocht oft bound to byd batalȝhe
c1475 Wall. x. 203.
Be that the Bruce ane awfull battaill baid

4. To offer, to desire or seek (to do something). Used esp. with fenȝie, layne, or le. 14.. Acts I. 39/2.
Gif … sum man of the next frendis cummys … and byddis that land to by [L. offerat se emere]
c1420 Wynt. vii. 3242.
Off hym I byd to spek no mare
c1450-2 Howlat 70.
I bid nocht to nyte
1456 Hay I. 39/5.
Of the quhilk … I bide nocht to speke mekle
a1500 Rauf C. 313.
I bid not to lane
a1500 Prestis of Peblis 475.
I bid nocht hald in hiddil
Ib. 1119.
I bid nocht for to lane
c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyting 137.
I bid nocht fenȝie
1513 Doug. v. iv. 65, 67.
Now byd I nocht craif it, … Nor I byd not to stryve
Ib. xii. viii. 180.
Mair than I byd say
1535 Stewart 29323.
I bid nocht le
1560 Rolland Seven S. 99/23.
I bid not for to lie ȝow
a1568 Scott xxiii. 38.
I bid not for to lane
a1570-86 Maitl. F. lxxx. 37.
I bid nocht feyn
Ib. lxxxii. 37.
I bid nocht tell

b. To reck, take heed, of. 1513 Doug. v. Prol. 59.
I byd nothir of ȝour turmentis nor ȝour glorie

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