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Then the ghost heavy-strong bore with it hardly E'en for a while of time, bider in darkness, That there on each day of days heard he the mirth-tide Loud in the hall-house.

From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous

Ses I: 'Ye mean th' 'oman's got ter gwo ter th' hi'est bider?'

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

The sword of King Hagen of Norway was called "qu�rn bider," or mill-stone biter, from having cut through a mill-stone.

From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

Ses I: 'ye mean th' 'ooman's got ter gwo ter th' hi'est bider?'

From Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time by Gilmore, James R.