bysn
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
Noun edit
bȳsn 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 edit
Declension of bysn (strong i-stem)