Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - bý

According to the Old English Dictionary:

es;

n? A dwelling, habitation; habitatio :-- Se ðe hús oððe lytel [MS. lytelo] bý hæfde in byrgenum [MS. byrgennum] qui domicilium habebat in monumentis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 3. Hence, by and bye in the termination of the names of places.

Related words: bú. by

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