abide vs withstay

abide

verb
  • To endure without yielding; to withstand. 

  • Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”). 

  • To pay for; to stand the consequences of. 

  • To bear patiently. 

withstay

verb
  • To hold back; oppose; withstand. 

How often have the words abide and withstay occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )