v. Obs. Also 3 biscunien, bisunien. [ME., f. bi-, BE- 2 + schunien to SHUN. The mod. repr. would have been beshun.] trans. To shun, avoid (a thing); also with refl. pron.
c. 1200. Moral Ode, 132, in Lamb. Hom., 169. Wið þet þe mihte helle pine biflien and bisunien [Egerton MS. biscunien].
a. 1250. Prov. Alfred, 368, in O. E. Misc., 124. From lesynge þu þe wune And alle vnþewes þu þe bischune.
