þragbysig
Old English
Etymology
From þrāg (“time”) + bysiġ (“busy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθrɑːɡˌby.sij/, [ˈθrɑːɣˌby.zij]
Adjective
þrāgbysiġ
- occupied for a time, time-busy
- c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 4:
- Iċ sċeal þrāgbysiġ · þeġne mīnum,
hringan hæfted, · hȳran ġeorne- Busy with time, I should keenly
hearken my servant, grasped by rings,
- Busy with time, I should keenly
Declension
Declension of þrāgbysiġ — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | þrāgbysiġ | þrāgbysiġ | þrāgbysiġ |
| Accusative | þrāgbysiġne | þrāgbysiġe | þrāgbysiġ |
| Genitive | þrāgbysiġes | þrāgbysiġre | þrāgbysiġes |
| Dative | þrāgbysiġum | þrāgbysiġre | þrāgbysiġum |
| Instrumental | þrāgbysiġe | þrāgbysiġre | þrāgbysiġe |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | þrāgbysiġe | þrāgbysiġa, þrāgbysiġe | þrāgbysiġ |
| Accusative | þrāgbysiġe | þrāgbysiġa, þrāgbysiġe | þrāgbysiġ |
| Genitive | þrāgbysiġra | þrāgbysiġra | þrāgbysiġra |
| Dative | þrāgbysiġum | þrāgbysiġum | þrāgbysiġum |
| Instrumental | þrāgbysiġum | þrāgbysiġum | þrāgbysiġum |
Declension of þrāgbysiġ — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | þrāgbysiġa | þrāgbysiġe | þrāgbysiġe |
| Accusative | þrāgbysiġan | þrāgbysiġan | þrāgbysiġe |
| Genitive | þrāgbysiġan | þrāgbysiġan | þrāgbysiġan |
| Dative | þrāgbysiġan | þrāgbysiġan | þrāgbysiġan |
| Instrumental | þrāgbysiġan | þrāgbysiġan | þrāgbysiġan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | þrāgbysiġan | þrāgbysiġan | þrāgbysiġan |
| Accusative | þrāgbysiġan | þrāgbysiġan | þrāgbysiġan |
| Genitive | þrāgbysiġra, þrāgbysiġena | þrāgbysiġra, þrāgbysiġena | þrāgbysiġra, þrāgbysiġena |
| Dative | þrāgbysiġum | þrāgbysiġum | þrāgbysiġum |
| Instrumental | þrāgbysiġum | þrāgbysiġum | þrāgbysiġum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “þrág-bisig”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.