bisegen
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bisegen
- besiege
- a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “2 Paralipomenon 6:28”, in Wycliffe's Bible:
- If hungur riſiþ in þe lond and peſtilence and ruſt and wynd diſtriynge cornes and a locuste and bꝛuke comeþ and if enemyes biſegen þe ȝatis of þe citee aftir þat þe cuntreis ben diſtried and al veniaunce and ſikenesse oppꝛeſſiþ […]
- If hunger rises in the land, and pestilence, rust, wind, destroying grain, and locusts and their young come, and if enemies besiege a city's gates after the city's surrounds are ruined, and when any destruction and disease oppresses (people) […]
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bisegen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
- English: besiege
References edit
- “bisēǧen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.