abide / abided / abode
The verb meaning “tolerate,” “accept and follow,” or, in older use, “dwell,” and its past forms.
In present-day English, the past tense and past participle of abide are abided: abided by the ruling, had abided the delay. Reserve abode for the noun meaning a dwelling, or for deliberately archaic writing. Abide in the sense “put up with” is usually negative or limited: I cannot abide that noise.
Examples
UseThe company abided by the new rules.
UseTheir abode was a cabin on the ridge.
AvoidThe company abode by the new rules.
Abode as a verb past tense is still listed in dictionaries and turns up in legal and literary English. It is not the form to choose in ordinary use.