Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To busy; to employ.
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++Ancre þet naueð nout neih honde hire uode : beoð bisie two wu {m} men. on ðet bi {} leaue eu {er} ethom. an oðer þet wende ut hwon hit is neod. and þeo beo ful unorne * oðer a lute þuhten* oðer of feir elde and biðe weie ase heo geð. go singinde hire beoden.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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