"bad" meaning in Old English

See bad in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bɑːd/
Rhymes: -ɑːd Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *baidu, from Proto-Germanic *baidō. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*baidu}} Proto-West Germanic *baidu, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*baidō}} Proto-Germanic *baidō Head templates: {{ang-noun|f|head=bād}} bād f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|bād}}, {{ang-decl-noun|bād|bāda,bāde|bāde|bāda,bāde|bāde|bāda|bāde|bādum|num=|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: bād [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], bād [nominative, singular], bāda [nominative, plural], bāde [nominative, plural], bāde [accusative, singular], bāda [accusative, plural], bāde [accusative, plural], bāde [genitive, singular], bāda [genitive, plural], bāde [dative, singular], bādum [dative, plural]
  1. waiting; expectation
    Sense id: en-bad-ang-noun-Ii0DHjDL
  2. something distrained; pledge, stake
    Sense id: en-bad-ang-noun-ZS-wXN9u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: *ābād, nīedbād Related terms: ābīdan, bīdan
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /bɑːd/ Forms: bād [canonical]
Rhymes: -ɑːd Head templates: {{head|ang|verb form|head=bād}} bād
  1. first/third-person singular preterite of bīdan Tags: first-person, form-of, preterite, singular, third-person Form of: bīdan
    Sense id: en-bad-ang-verb-lfN7rOdw Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 14 30 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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          "waiting",
          "waiting"
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      "ipa": "/bɑːd/"
    },
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}

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}

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