† i-sib, i-sibbe, a. Obs.
[OE. ᵹesib(b related, akin, f. ᵹe-, i-1 + sibb related, sib. Cogn. with OHG. gisibbo.]
Related, akin.
| c 1000 Job in Thwaites Heptat. (1698) 167 Þry cyningas þe him ᵹesibbe wæron. 1014 Wulfstan Sermo ad Anglos (Napier xxxiii. 159), Ne bearh nu for oft ᵹesibb ᵹesibban ðe ma þe fremdan. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 137 Feader oðer moder broðer oðer suster oðer oðre swa isibbe. c 1205 Lay. 30533 Heo weoren isibbe. c 1275 Duty Christians 102 in O.E. Misc. 144 We beoþ alle isybbe. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 6438 Alle þat were oȝt ysyb Edmond þe kynge. c 1305 11000 Virgins 85 Meniee of hem him were isibbe. |
Hence † iˈsibsum, OE. ᵹesib(b)sum, peaceful.
| c 897 K. ælfred Gregory's Past. xlvi. 349 Se ðe of Gode cymð he bið godes willan and ᵹesibsum. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 95 Witutan laðe and isibsum. Ibid. 113 Þa beoð godes bern þe beoð isibsumme. |