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† ˈbusyhede Obs.
In 4 bisi-, bisy-, bysy-, bysihed, -hede.
[f. busy a. + -head.]
a. State or quality of being busy; occupation, labour; care, anxiety.
b. Curiosity, inquisitiveness.
c. Elaborateness, ‘curiousness’.
(Frequent in Ayenb.; scarcely found elsewhere.)
c1300K. Alis. 3 Bisyhed, care, and sorowe, Is with mony uche a-morowe. 1340Ayenb. 55 Þe bysihede of glotuns þet ne zecheþ bote to þe delit of hare zuelȝ. Ibid. 164 Alle þe bisyhedes and þe greate niedes of þe wordle. Ibid. 228 Non ne wolde..zeche uairhede ne bisihede of robes..bote yef he ne wende to by yzoȝe of þe uolke. Ibid. 231 Ydele bysyhede of ziȝþe of hyerþe and of speche. |