Archaic or dialect to tolerate; endure. 4 ♦ bide a wee (Scot) to stay a little. 5 ♦ bide by (Scot) to abide by. 6 ♦ bide one's time to wait patiently for an opportunity, (Also, Scot) byde. (Old English bidan; related to Old Norse bitha to wait, Gothic beidan, Old High German bitan)