• bysy,bisie,bysie,bisi,bysi,bysye,bisiȝ,besi,besy,besie,besye,busy,busi,busie

FromOld Englishbisig, fromProto-West Germanic*bisīg(“diligent, zealous, busy”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiziː/
• (SW England)IPA^(key): /ˈbyziː/

bisy (plural and weak singularbisye,comparativebisiere,superlativebisiest)

1. (of a person) Engaged in activity;preoccupied.
2. Having a strongwork ethic;diligent,industrious,hard-working.
3. Disposed toanxiety orconcern, particularly about practical matters;solicitous,worried.
4. Eager to; intent upon (typically followed byto,for to orþat.
   • 1393, John Gower,Confessio Amantis:

     Mi will..isbesi nyht and day, To lerne al that he lerne may.

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5. (of an action or place) Characterised byactivity andvigor.

• bisili

• English:busy
• Scots:bissy,besy,bussie

• “bisī,adj.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007, retrieved20 June 2018.

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