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býsgian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
býsgian, bísgian, býsigan; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad
To occupy, busy, fatigue, trouble, afflict; occupare, fatigare, affligere, tribulare
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  • Se man biþ hérigendlíc, ðe mid gódum weorcum hine sylfne býsgaþ

    the man is praiseworthy, who busies himself with good works,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 406, 16
      • .

  • For ðǽm manigfealdum bísgum, ðe hine oft ǽgðer ge on móde ge on líchoman bísgodon [MS. bisgodan].

    on account of the manifold occupations, which often busied him [king Alfred] both in mind and in body,

    • Bt. proœm
      • ;
    • Fox viii. 6: Cd. 64
      • ;
    • Th. 76, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 1264
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  • Ic eom býsgod on sange

    occupatus sum cantu,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 25
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 2, 11
      • .

  • Ðeáh ðæs líchoman leahtras and hefignes and unþeáwas oft býsigen monna módsefan

    though the sins and heaviness and vices of the body may often trouble the minds of men,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 22, 60
      • ;
    • Met. 22, 30
      • .

  • Hine hunger býsgaþ

    hunger afflicts him,

    • Exon. 97a
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    • Th. 363, 10
      • ;
    • Wal. 51
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  • Ðé untrymnes on ðisse nýhstan niht býsgade

    infirmity afflicted thee in this last night,

    • 47 b
      • ;
    • Th. 163, 10
      • ;
    • Gú. 991
      • .
Etymology
[
Frs. bisgje, bysgje occupare.
]
Derived forms
a-býsgian, ge-, býsgung, a-, woruld-
Linked entries
v.  bísgian bísgian býsigan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “býsgian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/5678.

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