byen

See also: Byen and Byə̌ŋ

English

Etymology

A dialectal reflex of Northern Middle English bane (“bone”), featuring the local change of Middle English /aː/ to /jɛ/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

byen (plural byens)

1. (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

• enby

Danish

Noun

byen c

1. definite singular of by

Dutch

Noun

byen

1. plural of by

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bien (“well”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjɛ̃/

• Audio:

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Adverb

byen

1. well

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[2], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 35

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French bien.

Adjective

byen

1. good

Adverb

byen

1. well

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bien, biggen, buggen

Etymology

From Old English bycġan, from Proto-West Germanic *buggjan. The pronunciation with /iː/ is from generalization of Old English inflected forms with the stem byġ-, whereas the pronunciation with /d͡ʒ/ is from inflected forms with the stem byċġ-.

Pronunciation

• (from Old English byġ-) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːən/
• (from Old English byċġ-) IPA^(key): /ˈbid͡ʒən/, /ˈbud͡ʒən/, /ˈbɛd͡ʒən/

Verb

byen

1. to buy

Conjugation

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
imperative singular		—
plural1	byen, bye	boghten, boghte
imperative plural	byeth, bye	—
participles	byynge, byende	boght, yboght

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: buy
• Scots: by
• Yola: bidge

References

• “bīen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

byen m

1. definite singular of by

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

byen m

1. definite singular of by

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French bien.

Adjective

byen

1. good

Adverb

byen

1. well

References

• D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN