Obs. In 4 bisi-, bisy-, bysy-, bysihed, -hede. [f. BUSY a. + -HEAD.] a. State or quality of being busy; occupation, labor; care, anxiety. b. Curiosity, inquisitiveness. c. Elaborateness, ‘curiousness.’
(Frequent in Ayenb.; scarcely found elsewhere.)
c. 1300. K. Alis., 3. Bisyhed, care, and sorowe, Is with mony uche a-morowe.
1340. Ayenb., 55. Þe bysihede of glotuns þet ne zecheþ bote to þe delit of hare zuelȝ. Ibid., 164. Alle þe bisyhedes and þe greate niedes of þe wordle. Ibid., 228. Non ne wolde … zeche uairhede ne bisihede of robes … bote yef he ne wende to by yzoȝe of þe uolke. Ibid., 231. Ydele bysyhede of ziȝþe of hyerþe and of speche.
