abie (1), aby (1), abye (1)

i. & t. [Fr. abayer, abaier, baier, béer; O. Fr. baer = (1) to gape, (2) to listen attentively from obs. root ba, imitated from the sound most naturally uttered when one gapes. Corresponds to ABIDE, but comes from Fr., whereas ABIDE is from A.S.] ( Wedgwood.) [ABIDE, ABEYANCE.] 1. Intransitive: To abide, to continue, to remain. "But nought that wanteth rest can long aby ." Spenser: F. Q., IIL. vil. & The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0025.png:[blocks in formation] dost see me To threat him that mindes his chance to abye!" Spenser: F. Q., II. iv. 40. 1 Sometimes confounded with the next. a-bie' (2), *a-bye' (2), * a-by' (2), * a-buy', *a-bê, * a-bêye', * a-běġe', * a-begge, a-bědge, *a-big-gede, *a-big-gěn, a-bidge, *a-buyġe', *a-bygge' (pret. abogt, aboght , aboghten), v.t. & i. [A.S. ábicgan , abycgan to redeem, to pay the penalty of.] [BUY.] IMG:content-0026.png:[ocr errors] IMG:content-0027.png:[blocks in formation] "These bargeyn wyl be dere abogt ." "And that aboghten guiltles Bothe Dejanire and Hercules." Gower MS ., Soc. Antiq ., 134, 1. 75. (Ibid.) MS . Douce , 302, f. 1. ( Hall i well .)