Eorþ-bigegnys

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - eorþ-bigegnys

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-bigennys, -nyss, e;

eorþ-bigegnys
f. Earth-cultivation, attention to agriculture; terræ cultūra, agricultūræ stŭdium:-- Elelændra eorþ-bigennys cŏlōnia, id est peregrīnōrum cultūra, Ælfc. Gl. 54; Som. 66, 103; Wrt. Voc. 36, 25.

Related words: eard-begengnes, el-þeódignes. eorþ-bigegnys

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