byen

English edit

Etymology edit

A dialectal reflex of Northern Middle English bone, featuring the local change of Middle English /aː/ to /jɛ/.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈbjɛn/
Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun edit

byen (plural byens)

(Geordie) bone
- 1840, R. Emery, “Newcastle Beer versus Spaw Water”, in The Tyne songster, a choice selection of songs in the Newcastle dialect‎^[1], →ISBN, page 303:
  Then some wer fair and fat, some nowt but skin and byen, / And at a tyebble sat a man near twenty styen—

Anagrams edit

enby

Danish edit

Noun edit

byen c

definite singular of by

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French bien (“well”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bjɛ̃/

Adverb edit

byen

well

Lashi edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bjen/

Verb edit

byen

to clean

References edit

Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Mauritian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French bien.

Adjective edit

byen

good

Adverb edit

byen

well

References edit

Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

bien, biggen, buggen

Etymology edit

From Old English bycġan, from Proto-West Germanic *buggjan.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈbiːən/

Verb edit

byen

to buy

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of byen (weak irregular)

infinitive	(to) byen, bye
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	bye	boghte
2nd-person singular	byest	boghtest
3rd-person singular	byeth	boghte
subjunctive singular	bye	boghte
imperative singular	bye	—

plural¹	byen, bye	boghten, boghte
imperative plural	byeth, bye	—

participles	byynge, byende	boght, yboght