adv.
Gaw bygly
‘mightily, strongly, firmly’
(Modern English bigly)Probably formed on big (adj.).
PGmc Ancestor
(1)*big-; (2) *bug- or *bugg-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
byggva (byggja) 'to settle, inhabit'
(ONP byggja (2), byggva (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
(1) Far byggja, Icel byggja, Norw byggja, Dan bygge, Sw bygga; (2) Norw dial bugge, bugga
OE Cognate
(1) bȳan (v.) 'to inhabit, live, dwell'
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
D1c
Less frequent than big (adj.) but with a similar distribution.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 1141, 1162, 1584; Pat 321; WA 423, 1138, 1371