bisne

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bysne, bisen, bysen, bisin

Etymology

From the oblique cases of Old English bȳsn and Old Norse býsn; both from Proto-Germanic *būsniz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiznə/, /ˈbiːznə/, /ˈbizən/, /ˈbiːzən/

Noun

bisne (plural bisnes or bisnen)

1. (quality, useful) example, exemplar
2. warning, prophecy, bizen

Descendants

• English: bizen (dialectal)
• Scots: bysen, bizen, bysene

References

• “bī̆sne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-23.