† i-byev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To purchase; to pay for, atone for.
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society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [verb (transitive)] > hire or employ
hirec1000
i-bye10..
i-hirec1000
soldc1386
takea1400
retain1437
wage1465
conduct1476
fee1488
conduce1502
implya1533
entertain1572
enter1585
wager1592
to fill up1598
to take on1611
improve1640
to speak for ——a1688
employa1727
engage1753
ploy1871
to turn on1893
to book up1915
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone for [verb (transitive)]
beetc897
i-bye10..
abyelOE
answer?a1300
buya1300
amendc1300
mendc1330
forbuy1340
redressa1387
answera1400
byea1400
filla1400
peasea1400
ransoma1400
to pay for——c1400
recompense?a1439
abidea1450
satisfyc1460
redeema1464
repaira1513
syth1513
reconcile1535
acquit1567
dispense1590
assoil1596
propitiate1610
expiatea1626
atone1661
retrievea1679
10.. OE. Chron. anno 1016 Lundenwaru..him friþ gebohton.
c1450 ( Nightingale (Calig.) l. 396 in O. Glauning Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1900) 15 This blessid lord þat..Vpon a crosse oure soules dere y-bought.
a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1222 Thou shalt i-bye it.
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