▪ I.ybought pa. tense of i-bye, to buy. 1446? Lydg.Nightingale Poems i. 396 This blessid lord þat..Vpon a crosse oure soules dere y-bought. ▪ II.ybought, -oht, -oȝt pa.pple. of buy v. or i-bye v. c1300Harrow. Hell (L.) 182 For my deþ wes monkune yboht.