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Old English · noun

bysn

Normalised bȳsn

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/byːsn/
[byːzn]
Syllables
byːsn (1 syllable)
Modern English
examplebizenparable

Meaning

  1. example

    Ealla bēċ sind fulla þāra bȳsna þāra manna þe ǣr ūs wǣron.

    All books are full of the examples of the people who were before us.

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

  2. parable

  3. command

Declension

Declension of bysn
SingularPlural
Nominative bȳsnbȳsnebȳsna
Accusative bȳsnbȳsnebȳsnebȳsna
Genitive bȳsnebȳsna
Dative bȳsnebȳsnum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *būsniz (“command, precept”), from *beudaną (“to ask, beg”). Cognate with Old Saxon ambusan (“command, precept”), Old Norse býsn (“wonder, premonition”), Gothic (anabūsns, “command”).

Descendants

bizen

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