Noun: busshel
| Sg. | busshel |
| Pl. | busshels; busshel |
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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ne me tendiþ not a lanterne / ⁊ puttiþ it vndur a buſſhel [translating mōdius] · but on a candilſtike· that it ȝyue liȝt to alle þat ben in þe hous (You don't light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, so it gives light to everybody who's at home.) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Matheu 5:15, folio 1, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]
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Ẏıf vs a buſſhel whete / Malt oꝛ Reẏe / A goddes kechẏl / oꝛ a trẏp[e] of cheeſe / Oꝛ ellıs what ẏow lẏſt / we maẏ nat cheſe […] ("Give us a bushel of wheat, malt, or rye, a God's cake, a bit of cheese / or anything that you want; we don't need to choose […] ") [1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Somnours Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 80, recto:]
Nouns inflected like busshel
busshel,
difference,
locuste,
grace,
ounce,
pirie,
wyspe,
stage,
vitaile,
manere,
couple,
cubite,
norice,
perche,
playce,
pater noster,
vessel,
wonder,
game,
lege, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old French boissel.
Verbs referencing "busshel"
English Nouns
bushel.
Translations