abide; as, I think, in Spenser's _Faerie Queene_, vi. 2, 19.
But he was fierce and whot,
Ne time would give, nor any termes aby.
Below, lxiv. 297, I have used it in its more common meaning of atoning
for, _Faerie Queene_, iv. 1, 53.
Yet thou, false Squire, his fault shalt deare aby,
And with thy punishment his penance shalt supply.
_Midsummer Night's Dream_, iii. 2.
Lest to thy peril thou aby it dear.