Bysynes(se)

, Besynes ( IV ), n. restle ne , IV b 28; industry, XIII b 24; worldly b. attention to worldly affairs, XI b 2, 309; b. of worldly occupacion , preoccupation with w. affairs, XI b 251. [OE. bisig + -nes .] Bis(s)chop , By hop(p)e , Bi oppe , n. bishop, I 246, III 58 ( dat. sg. ), VIII a 143, b 74, XI a 66, . [OE. biscop .]