How to comprehend "bidden farewell"?
By this season, the snow and ice have gone, and the cold of early spring had bidden farewell.

In the above sentence, I do not understand what is the "bidden" meaning here.Please help me if you know, thank you in advance.

Question

How to comprehend "bidden farewell"?
By this season, the snow and ice have gone, and the cold of early spring had bidden farewell.

In the above sentence, I do not understand what is the "bidden" meaning here.Please help me if you know, thank you in advance.

Answer

'bid' here means something like 'wish', or 'said'. It's a somewhat old-fashioned term. Bidden is perhaps an even older-fashioned form of bid.
The simple idea is that 'the cold of spring had said goodbye'.

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