Middle English Dictionary Entry
bisib(be adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | bisib(be adj. Also bisebbe. |
| Etymology | Cp. OE gesib(b. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Related by blood; gostliche ~, related spiritually.
Associated quotations
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)39/225 : Hyre neamagen, þe hire besibbe wæron.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)66/1879 : Fader and moder, Þat hyne fleschlyche forþ wyseþ, Gostlyche for hym by-sebbe beþ To ham þat hine baptizeþ.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)68/1927 : Ine þe selue degre Þat hy beþ here by-sybbe.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)562 : Affinis: bysybbe.
- c1475 Guy(1) (Cai 107/176)2132 : Besibbe he was the Duke Segwyn.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1711 : For his nexte bysyb [Lin-I: sybbe] cosyn Beeþ Jubiter and Appolyn.
- c1450(a1400) Lavynham Treat.7 Dead.Sins (Hrl 211)23/18 : Incest is trespace be twene hem þt be flescly be sibbe, as fader & dowhter..broþer & suster.
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