byen
English
Etymology
A dialectal reflex of Northern Middle English bone, featuring the local change of Middle English /aː/ to /jɛ/.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbjɛn/
- Rhymes: -ɛn
Noun
byen (plural byens)
- (Tyneside) bone
- 1840, R. Emery, “Newcastle Beer versus Spaw Water”, in The Tyne songster, a choice selection of songs in the Newcastle dialect, →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—
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Anagrams
- enby
Danish
Noun
byen c
- definite singular of by
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French bien (“well”).
Adverb
byen
- well
Lashi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bjen/
Verb
byen
- to clean
References
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French bien.
Adjective
byen
- good
Adverb
byen
- well
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Middle English
Alternative forms
- bien, biggen, buggen
Etymology
From Old English bycġan, from Proto-West Germanic *buggjan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiːən/
Verb
byen
- 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 | |
1Sometimes 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
- definite singular of by
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
byen m
- definite singular of by
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
From French bien.
Adjective
byen
- good
Adverb
byen
- well
References
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français