Old English · noun
bismer
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈbis.mer/[ˈbiz.mer]
- Syllables
- ˈbis · mer (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- mockeryblasphemy
Meaning
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mockery
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blasphemy
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reproach
Ġenōh lange ic wæs on þām bysmore and on þǣre sceame, þe hȳ mē on ġebrōhton;...
Long enough have I been in the reproach and shame which they brought on me;...
late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *smarōną.
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