bisignes

Old English

Alternative forms
  • bisiġness

Etymology

From bisiġ +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.sij.nes/, [ˈbi.zij.nes]

Noun

bisiġnes f

  1. (Northumbrian) care, anxiety, occupation

Declension
Declension of bisignes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative bisiġnes bisiġnessa, bisiġnesse
accusative bisiġnesse bisiġnessa, bisiġnesse
genitive bisiġnesse bisiġnessa
dative bisiġnesse bisiġnessum

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Middle English: bisynes, busines, busynes, businesse, bysynesse, besynesse, bysynes, besines, bysines, besinesse, bisynesse, bisinesse
    • English: business (see there for further descendants)
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