Noun: bysn
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | bȳsn |
| Plural | bȳsne; bȳsna |
Genitive
| Singular | bȳsne |
| Plural | bȳsna |
Dative
| Singular | bȳsne |
| Plural | bȳsnum |
Accusative
| Singular | bȳsn; bȳsne |
| Plural | bȳsne; bȳsna |
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
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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.)
Nouns inflected like bysn
bysn,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *būsniz (“command, precept”), from *beudaną (“to ask, beg”). Cognate with Old Saxon ambusan (“command, precept”), Old Norse býsn (“wonder, premonition”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌿𐍃𐌽𐍃 (anabūsns, “command”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
býsn', Gothic Nouns '
𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌿𐍃𐌽𐍃'.
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