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ge-býsgian

  • verb [ weak ]
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ge-býsgian, [or - bysgian?], -bísgian, -býsigan, -biesgian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge, býsgian occupare, affligere, tribulare]
To occupy, busy, afflict, trouble, vex, oppress, overcome, agitate, weaken, destroy; occupare, affligere, turbare, vexare, opprimere, corripere, conficere
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  • He mid gýmeleáste húru us gebýsgaþ

    saltem negligentia nos occuparet,

    • Bd. Whelc. 310, 20
      • .

  • Ðonne hí hí gebýsgiaþ mid woruldlícum hordum

    when they busy themselves with worldly treasures,

    • Homl. Th. i. 524, 14
      • .

  • Ic eom lég býsig, fýre gebýsgad

    I am a busy flame, with fire occupied,

    • Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 21
      • ;
    • Rá. 31, 3
      • .

  • Móde gebýsgad

    in mind afflicted,

    • Exon. 87 b; Th. 328, 20
      • ;
    • Vy. 20 : 47 b; Th. 162, 34
      • ;
    • Gú. 985
      • .

  • Is módigra mægen miclum gebýsgod

    the strength of the valiant is much troubled,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 790
      • ;
    • An. 395
      • .

  • Moyses wearþ gebýsgad for heora yfelum

    vexatus est Moyses propter eos,

    • Ps. Th. 105, 25 : 76, 6
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  • Wintrum gebýsgad

    oppressed with years,

    • Exon. 58 a; Th. 208, 28
      • ;
    • Ph. 162 : 62 a; Th. 227, 25
      • ;
    • Ph. 428
      • .

  • Ádle gebýsgad

    with disease oppressed,

    • 49 a; Th. 170, 10
      • ;
    • Gú. 1109
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  • Slǽpe gebiesgad

    with sleep overcome,

    • Exon. 96 a; Th. 358, 2
      • ;
    • Pa. 39
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  • Ne ðǽr wæter fealleþ lyfte gebýsgad

    water falls not there, agitated in air,

    • Exon. 56 b; Th. 201, 26
      • ;
    • Ph. 62
      • .

  • Wearþ módgeþanc miclum gebísgad, þurh ðæs þeódnes word, ombehtþegne

    the mind of the disciple was greatly agitated through his lord's words,

    • 50 a; Th. 173, 34
      • ;
    • Gú. 1170
      • .

  • Sceaða biþ gebýsigod, swíðe gestilled

    the fiend shall be destroyed, made very still,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 234
      • ;
    • Sal. 116
      • .
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v.  ge-biesgian ge-bisgian ge-býsigan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-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/13860.

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