(bokmål) avvente betyr engelsk

await [awaited, awaiting, awaits]▼(transitive: to wait for)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈweɪt] [US: ə.ˈweɪt]

hold out▼(to wait for something better)
verb
[UK: həʊld ˈaʊt] [US: hoʊld ˈaʊt]

tarry [tarried, tarrying, tarries]▼(to linger in expectation of)
verb
[UK: ˈtɑː.ri] [US: ˈte.ri]