Act of waiting; delay.
Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode.
Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]
An omen; a foretelling.
High-thundering Juno's husband, stirs my spirit with true abodes.
simple past and past participle of abide
The fine, soundless pulse of this game was in the air for our young woman while they remained in the shop. While they remained? They remained all day; their presence continued and abode with her, was in everything she did till nightfall....
To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
From Middle English abod, abad, from Old English *ābād, related to ābīdan (“to abide”); see abide. Cognate with Scots abade, abaid (“abode”). For the change of nouns, compare abode, preterite of abide...
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The night-crow cried, aboding luckless time