bysen
Old English
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Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *būsniz (“command, precept”), from *beudaną (“to ask, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). Cognate with Old Saxon ambusan (“command, precept”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌿𐍃𐌽𐍃 (anabusns, “a command”), Old Norse býsn (“wonder, premonition”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bȳsen f
- example
- bȳsne stellan ― to set an example
- bȳsne sellan ― to give an example
- tō bȳsne ― as an example, for example
- c. 900, the Old English Boethius
- 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.
- parable
- command
Declension
Declension of bȳsen (strong ō-stem)
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