An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To BIDE, BYDE, v. a.
1. To await, to wait for.
Kelly.
2. To suffer, to endure. "He bides a great deal of pain;" S. Westmorel, id.
Ross.

An oblique sense of Moes. G. beid-an, A. S. bid-an, expectare.

To BIDE be, v. n. To continue in one state, S.

BIDINGS, s. pl. Sufferings.
V. [Bide], v.

BY-EAST, towards the east.
V. [Be], prep.

BIERDLY, BIERLY, adj.
Popular Ball.

It is viewed as the same with [Burdly], q. v. But to me it seems rather to signify, fit, proper, becoming, from Isl. byr-iar, ber, decet, oportet.

BIERLING, s. A galley, S. B.
Statist. Acc.

BIG, BIGG, s. A particular species of barley, also denominated bear, S. Cumb. id. barley.
Statist. Acc.

Isl. bygg, hordeum, Dan. byg, Su. G. biugg, id.