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á-bisgian

  • verb [ weak ]
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  • Ábysegode

    exercitos

    ,
      Germ. 388, 23.
to busy, employ, engage, occupy, exercise,
with acc. of person (or passive) and
gen. of occupation
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  • Ne sceal hé hyne ná ábysgian worldlícra bysgunga

    non debet occupari mundanis negotiis

    ,
      L. Ecg. P. i. 7; Th. ii. 174, 27.
gerundial infin.
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  • Hé wæs ábysgod wíngeard tó settanne

    ad putandam vineam occupatus

    ,
      Gr. D. 88, 17.
with prepositions
mid,
to occupy a person with something
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  • Ðonne hié mid ðissum hwílendlicum ðingum hié selfe ábisgiaþ (-bisegiaþ, Hat. MS.)

    dum temporali sollicitudini incaute deserviunt

    ,
      Past. 138, 7.

  • Mid ðǽm innerran ánum ábisgad (-bisegad, Hat. MS.)

    solis interioribus occupatus

    ,
      126, 15 : L. Ecg. P. iii. 9; Th. ii. 198, 23.

  • Ðín mód wæs ábisgod mid ðǽre ansíne ðissa leásena gesǽlða

    occupato ad imagines visu

    ,
      Bt. 22, 2 ; F. 78, 9.
on,
to engage in something
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  • Ne ábysga ðú ðín mód on mislícum ðingum,

      Bas. 38, 18.

  • Gif ðín willa bið gelóme ábysgod on Godes herungum,

      40, 8.

  • Ábysgod on wæccum and on sealmsange

    occupatus vigiliis et psalmis

    ,
      Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 40.
ymbe,
to busy, concern about something
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  • Ðæt hé hine sylfne ne ábysige ymbe náne worldlice ábysgunge (

    occupari circa aliqua mundana negotia

    ),
      L. Ecg. P. i. 6; Th. ii. 174, 19.

  • Hé wæs ábisgod ymb ðæs folces ðearfe

    infirmantium negotiis urgetur

    ,
      Past. 103, 1.

  • On smeáunga ábisgod ymb ðá hálgan ǽ

    sacrae legis meditationibus intentus

    ,
      169, 1.

  • Ymb Godes þeówdóm ábisgod,

      Bl. H. 283, 1.

  • Ymb his sáule hǽlo ábysegod

    erga sanitatem animae suae occupatus

    ,
      Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 10.

  • Ymbe náne woroldbysgunge ábysgode

    mundano negotio nullo occupati

    ,
      L. Ecg. P. iii. 8; Th. ii. 198, 22.

  • Ðá hwíle ðe ðá ǽmettan ymbe ðá stédan ábisgode beóð

    dum formicae circa eos occupatae sunt

    ,
      Nar. 35, 15.
wiþ,
to employ against
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  • Hé wið ðone here ábisgod wæs,

      Chr. 894; P. 37, 8.
with acc. of time,
to employ time in a pursuit
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  • Munecas ðe heora cildhád habbaþ ábisgod on cræftigum bócum,

      Angl. viii. 321, 27.
with acc. of place
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  • Wildeór ábysgiaþ þá stówe

    occupaverunt bestiae loca

    ,
      Gr. D. 258, 20.
used intransitively,
to engage in
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  • Hé on ðǽre mánfullan scilde ábisgode,

      Ap. Th. 2, 4.
with the idea of trouble, worry, oppression,
to trouble, worry, embarrass, exercise, harass,
with acc. of person alone
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  • Gif hí mé ábysgiaþ, ðonne ne mæg ic smeágan míne unscylda,

      Ps. Th. 18, 12.
also with prep.
mid
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  • Gif hwá sié ábisgod (-bisegod, Hat. MS.) mid hwelcum scyldum

    si praeoccupatus fuerit homo in aliquo delicto

    .
      Past. 158, 10.

  • His mód bið suíðe iéðegende and suíðe ábisgad mid eorðlicramonna wordum

    valde inter humana verba cor defluit

    ,
      169, 12.

  • Ðeáh hé mid ðǽre mænigfealdnysse ðǽre synne bysgunge ábysgod sig

    licet multiplicitate negotii peccati suspensus sit

    ,
      L. Ecg. P. i. 9; Th. ii. 176, 8.

  • Hé (Cicero) wæs swíþe ábisgod mid ðǽre ylcan sprǽce

    he was much exercised by the same question

    ; querela vehementer agitata,
      Bt. 41, 3; F. 246, 28.

  • Wé beóþ mid mycclum hungre yfelra geþóhta ábisgode,

      Bl. H. 19, 15.
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  • Wíf ðe ðé on nánum þincgum ne ábysige,

      Shrn. 183, 11.

  • Heora mód wæs ábisgod on ðisse worulde willnunga,

      Bt. 41, 3; F. 246, 30.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-bisgian.” 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/37341.

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