Middle English Dictionary Entry

bisib(be adj.
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
Related by blood; gostliche ~, related spiritually.

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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