A-býsgian

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-býsgian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -býsgan, -býsean, -bisegian; Related words:

Definitions

1 a-býsgian

p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [a, býsgian to ÍKsy] To occupy, preoccupy, prepossess; occupare :-- Ðeáh unþeáwas oft abísegien ðæt mðd though imperfections oft prepossess the mind, Bt. 35, i; Fox 154, 32. Biþ hyra seó swíþre symble abýsgod ðæt hi unrihtes tiligeaþ 'dexlera eorum dextera iniquitatis. Ps. Th. 143, 9. Biþ hyra seó swíþre symble abýsgad dextera iniquitatis, 143,13. a-bysgian

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛒᚣᛋᚷᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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