Bige

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bige

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 bige

n? [bycgan, bicgan to buy] A buying, exchange, commerce, traffic; emptio, permutatio, commercium, mercatus :-- Gif gebyrige ðæt for neóde heora hwilc wið úre bige habban wille, oððe we wið heora, mid yrfe and mid ǽhtum, ðæt is to þafianne if it happen that from necessity any of them will have traffic with us, or we with them, with cattle and with goods, that is to be allowed, L. A. G. 5; Th. i. 156, 2-4. bige

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ᛒᛁᚷᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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