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blsceopian to confirm, LL. ['bishop']
blsceopland (o) n. episcopal or diocesan land,

LL17310.
bisceoplic 'bishoply,' episcopal, BH.
bisceopriee n. 'bishopric,' diocese, province

of a bishop, BH.
biseeoprocc m. bishop's rochet, dalmatic,

LCD3-20226.
Mseeoprōd {, bishop 's cross.
bisceopsclr, -scŷr f. diocese ; episcopate.
bisceop-seld, -setl, -seðl n. bishop's seat or

see, bishopric.
bisceopseonotS m. synod of bishops, All-81,
bisceopstōl m. episcopal see, bishopric, KC.

['bishopstool']
Mseeopsunu m. godson at a 'bishoping* or

confirmation.
bisceopðēnung f. office of a bishop, BH.
blsceopung f. confirmation, Æ.
b.seeopwlte n. fine payable to a bishop? (BT),

forced entertaining of a bishop? (Lieb: v.
LL2-667).
biseeopwyrt f. bishop's-wort, betony, vervain,

marshmallow.
bisceopwyrtil (o2) vervain, WW13441.
biseep=ibi8ceop
bl-sceran, -seerian (i2, y2) = be-scieran,

•scierian
biscop↔bisceop; biscup = bisceop

bisegu=bysgu
bisen, bisene (y) fn. example, pattern, model,
JnLR; Æ,AO,CF : similitude, parable,
parallel : rule, command, precept, ['bi/sen']
bisene (y) blind, MtL; NC274; JAW22.
[' bisson' ?]

±bisenian (ie, y) to gii»e, set an example,
instruct by example, Bo : follow an example
or pattern, CP : express figuratively.
['byen' vb.]
bisenung f. example, pattern, Æ(y).
blses m. the extra day intercalated in leap
year, MEN 32. [L. bissextus]
±bisgian to occupy, employ, Æ,Bo;CP :
trouble, afflict. Led,Met. ['busy']
bisgu, bisigu f. occupation, labour, CP,Æ
(yse) : affliction, trouble.

bisgung f. business, occupation, care, CP.
bislg (y) 'busy,' occupied, diligent, Ma,
Sol.

bisignes f. 'business,' MtL (Cont. p. xx).
bismær- = bismer-; bisme = besma
bismer (y) nmf. disgrace, scandal, shame,
mockery, insult, reproach, scorn, AO,Bl;
CP : filthiness, defilement, Æ(y). tð bis-
mere ignominiously, shamefully : blas-
phemy : infamous deed,
AO. ['bismer']

bismerJul infamous, disgraceful, ignominious,
shameful,
Æ(y).

bismerglēow (y) n. shameful lust, Æ.
±bismerian (y) to mock, revile, illtreat, blas-
pheme, Mk;
AO. ['bismer' vb.]

blsrneriend rn. mocker, KGl.298.
blsrnerlēas blameless, CBl326(y).
blsrnerlēoð n. scurrilous song, GL.
blsrnerlic shameful, ignominious, contemp-
tuous,
AO : ridiculous, frivolous, adv. -līee.
blsmernes f. pollution : insult: contemptible-
ness.

bisrner-sprǽc, -spǽo f. blasphemy, Gf.
±bisrnerung (y) mockery, scorn : blasphemy :
infamy, disrepute,
AO.
blsrnerword (æ2) n. reproach, insult, LHO11.
bisraor, bisrn(o)r-=bisrner, bismer-
bis n- = bisen-

+bisnere f. imitator, DR45'.
blspell (big-)n.«3?Bple, proverb,Æ : parable,
fable, allegory, story, MtL;
CP. ['bj/spel']
bīspellbōc (big-) f. book of Proverbs, Ǽ.
bissextus, gen, -te the intercalary day of leap
year : leap year. [L.]
bist pres. 2 sg. of bēon.
Mst = bīd3t, pres. 2 sg. of bīdan.
biswlc = beswio
bit pres. 3 sg. of biddan.
bit pres. 3 sg. of (1) bīdan; (2) bītan.
bita m. I. ' bit,' morsel, piece, Jn; Æ. II.
6iter, wild beast.
±blfan1 to' bite,' tear, B,Bd; Æ : cut, wound:

(+) dash down, MkL918.
bite m. 'ftite,' sting, AO,Lcd : sword-cut,

Ap,B : cancer.
bitela m. 'beetle,' 01.

biter'bitter,' sharp, cutting, Ou;JE : stinging,
PPs 11712 : exasperated, angry, embittered :
painful, disastrous, virulent, cruel, B,BL
adv. -lice, Mt.
bitere = bitre

±biterian to be or become bitter, CP : make
bitter, ['bitter' vb.]
biternes f. 'bitterness,' grief, El; Æ,CP.
biterwyrde bitter in speech, M.
biterwyrtdrene m. drink of bitter herbs,

WW11418.
Mtl=bīetl

bitmǽium piecemeal, bit by bit, ÆQB23910.
bitol n. bridle.
bitor = biter
bitre bitterly, sharply, painfully, severely :

very.
bitres. bittres gsmn. of biter,
bitst pres, 2 sg, of biddan.
bītst pres. 2 eg. of bldan and bītan.
bitt I. pres. 3 sg. of (1) biddan; (2) beodan.

II. = bytt
bītt pres. 3 sg. of bītan.
+bitt n. biting, gnashing, Æ.
bitteri=4biter

bittor, bittre=biter, bitre; bitula=bitela
bið prea. 3 sg. of bēon.
biwāune v. bewāwan.
bīwist fm. sustenance, food, provision,

necessaries, Bo,Æ. ['bewīste']
bīword (u) n. proverb, household word :
adverb, A8-313'.

Mwyrde n, 'byword,* proverb, WW,
bixen=byxen

bizant m. bezant (a gold coin). [L. byzan-
teumj