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bísgu, l. bisgu,
and add: gen. u, e, a; an:
occupation
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  • Þonne hí mid eorðlicum teolungum hí gebysgiað, þonne ne magon hí for ðǽre bysga smeágan embe þæs Hǽlendes menniscnysse,

    • Hml. Th. i. 524, 16
      • .

  • Gif hwá for bisgan oftor ne mæge,

    • Btwk. 194, 7
      • .

  • Martha hí (Mary) wolde habban tó hire bysegan,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 440, 21
      • .

  • Ongemang óðrum bisgum ðisses kyneríces,

    • Past. 7, 18
      • .

  • Búton hwá mid bysegum ofset sý

    nisi in causa gravis utilitatis quis occupatus fuerit,

    • R. Ben. 58, 15
      • :
    • 59, 3
      • .

  • Ic settan wille bysega and bígengas þysses drihtenlican þeówdómes

    constituenda est a novis dominici scola servitii,

    • 5, 10
      • .

  • Hý swá hwilce bysiga, swá hý on handa hæfdan, unfulworhte lǽtað

    ex occtipatis manibus quod agebant relinquentes,

    • 20, 2
      • .
trouble
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  • Eác ðǽm óþrum bisgum and geswencnissum cwom micel deór,

    • Nar. 15, 10
      • .

  • Ic wolde for þǽm bysegum mínes módes mé gerestan

    ego animo aeger ad requiem vado,

    • 30, 21
      • .
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v. býsgu (l. bysgu) in Dict.; weorold-bisegu.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “bísgu.” 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/40429.

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