v. (wk.)
Gaw pres. pl. buskkez; Cl pres. 3 sg. buskeʒ, past pl. bosked, imper. sg. busk, bosk; Pat past sg. busked; Erk past 3 sg. (reflexive) buskyd; WA buske, pres. buskis, buskes, subj. pl. buske, past sg. busked, pp. busket
‘to get ready, array, dress, make haste (intrans.); make (trans.); go, betake oneself, drive’ (Modern English busk)
PGmc Ancestor
*ƀōwwan- + reflexive (acc.) *sek(e)
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
búask, 'to prepare oneself, get oneself ready (to leave), set out, dress oneself’
(ONP búa (2) (vb., E))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far búgva, Icel búa, Norw bu(a), Dan bo, Sw bo
OE Cognate
būan 'to stay, dwell, live (intrans.); to inhabit, occupy (trans.)'
Phonological and morphological markers
ON middle voice -<em>sk</em>
Summary category
A2*c
From c1325, especially in texts from N and E, but widespread in alliterative verse; MnE N dialects.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 509, 1128, 1136 etc.; Cl 142, 333, 351, etc.; Pat 437 Erk 112; WA 373, 774, 811* etc.