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BYSGU

  • noun [ feminine ]
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BYSGU, bísgu, býsigu, bísigu, býsegu, bísegu; gen. e; dat. e; acc. u, o: nom. acc. pl. u; gen. a; dat. um; f.
Occupation, business, labour, care, toil, difficulty, trouble, affliction; occupatio, negotium, labor, cura, opus, difficultas, dolor, tribulatio
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  • Ða bísgu us sint swíðe earfoþ ríme

    the occupations are to us very difficult to be numbered,

      Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 6.

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

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

      Bt. proœm; Fox viii. 5.

  • Of ðisum býsegum

    from these occupations,

      Bt. Met. Fox 20, 509; Met. 20, 255.

  • Of ðissum bísegum

    from these occupations,

      Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 28.

  • Býsigum gebǽded oppressed with labours, Beo.

    Th.

      5153; B. 2580.

  • Biþ se slǽp tó fæst bísgum gebunden

    the sleep is bound too fast by cares,

      Beo. Th. 3490; B. 1743: Bt. Met. Fox 22, 127; Met. 22, 64.

  • Óðer bísgo dreág

    the other suffered toil,

      Exon. 114a; Th. 438, 14; Rä. 57, 7: 82b; Th. 311, 6; Seef. 88.

  • Óþ-ðæt he ða býsgu oferbiden hæfde

    until he had surmounted the trouble,

      Exon. 40b; Th. 135, 2; Gú. 518.

  • Mec his býsgu gehreáw

    his affliction grieved me,

      Exon. 43a; Th. 144, 31; Gú. 686.

  • Bísigu,

      Beo. Th. 567, note; B. 281.

  • Ic bísga unrím dreág

    I suffered numberless [of] afflictions,

      Exon. 74b; Th. 280, 7; Jul. 625.

  • Méðe for ðám miclum [miclan MS.] býsgum

    weary on account of the great afflictions,

      49a; Th. 168, 25; Gú. 1083.
Etymology
[Dut. bézig-heid, f. occupation.]
Derived forms
DER. nýd-býsgu.
Linked entries
v.  bísgu.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “BYSGU.” 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/5679.

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