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We decided, therefore, that we should take our course in that direction, which led past Peden's hut, where the wanderer had abode so often.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

But Sir Guy would receive neither fee nor reward, and after he had abode some time with him at the court, he took his way to England.

From Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

If He had abode on the mount I should have remained in my sin.

From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry

And oft I did take the air very full into my lungs, for the sweetness of it, after the horrid stenchings that I had abode all those hours.

From The Night Land by Hodgson, William Hope

It was for the space of two winters she had abode with Hakon the Old, and Olaf was now three winters old.

From The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) by Hearn, Ethel Harriet