An omen; a foreshadowing.
A stop; a halting; delay.
A herald; a messenger.
simple past tense of bide
To betoken or augur something good or bad that will happen in the future.
To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.
A portent; an omen.
Soothsaying; prediction; prognostication; prophecy.
To foretell the future; make predictions.