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bí-sǽce

  • noun [ neuter ]
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bí-sǽce, es; n?
m?
a visit; visitatio
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  • Bád bísǽce betran hyrdes

    waited the visit of a better keeper,

      Exon. 35 b; Th. 115, 11; Gú. 188.
persecution, dispute, litigation; controversia, litigatio
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  • Bísǽce

    in litigation,

      L. Edg. C. 62; Th. ii. 258, 3.
  • Gif ðǽr hwæt bísǽces sý, seme se biscop

    if there be somewhat of dispute, let the bishop settle it,

      Const. vii; Th. ii. 258, note a.
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  • bí-sǽce, n.