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

• bisigu
• bisgung

Descendants

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