bysen
Old English
Alternative forms
- bīsen
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
- IPA(key): /ˈbyːsen/, [ˈbyːzen]
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.
- Ealla bēċ sind fulla þāra bȳsna þāra manna þe ǣr ūs wǣron.
- parable
- command
Declension
Declension of bysen (strong ō-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | bȳsen | bȳsna, bȳsne |
accusative | bȳsne | bȳsna, bȳsne |
genitive | bȳsne | bȳsna |
dative | bȳsne | bȳsnum |
Synonyms
- bisene
Derived terms
- forebȳsen ("example")
- bisenian, bȳsnian ("exemplify, give or set an example")
Descendants
- from bysen: Middle English bisne, bisen; English bizen
- from forebȳsen: Middle English: forbus(ne), for(e)bise, forbesen, forbuys(ne), for(e)bisnen, for(e)bise