bysn
Old English
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editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *būsniz (“command, precept”), from *beudaną (“to ask, beg”). Cognate with Old Saxon ambusan (“command, precept”), Old Norse býsn (“wonder, premonition”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌿𐍃𐌽𐍃 (anabūsns, “command”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbȳsn f
- example
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
- 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
- parable
- command
Declension
editDeclension of bȳsn (strong i-stem)
Derived terms
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- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰewdʰ-
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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