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Old English Dictionary Entry

Bisig

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Definitions

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1 bisig

adj. Busy, occupied :-- Oft bið seó sáwul on ánum þinge swá bysig, ꝥ heó ne gýmð hwá hyre gehende bið, þeáh ðe heó on lócie, Hml. s. 1, 217. Se bisceop wæs bysig mid þám cynincge, 21, 235. Mín dohtor is nú swiðe bisy ymbe hyre leornunge, Ap. Th. 20, 5. l. bysig) in Dict.; syn-, tiht-bisig. bisig
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᛋᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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