bisne

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Middle English

Alternative forms

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 Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "dialectal" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • Scots: bysen, bizen, bysene

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