byen

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English

Etymology

A dialectal reflex of Northern Middle English bane (“bone”), featuring the local change of Middle English /aː/ to /jɛ/.

Pronunciation

Noun

byen (plural byens)

  1. (Geordie) 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—

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

byen c

  1. definite singular of by

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bien (“well”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

byen

  1. well

Lashi

Pronunciation

Verb

byen

  1. 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

  1. good

Adverb

byen

  1. well

References

  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English bycġan, from Proto-West Germanic *buggjan.

Pronunciation

Verb

byen

  1. 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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

byen m

  1. definite singular of by

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

byen m

  1. definite singular of by

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French bien.

Adjective

byen

  1. good

Adverb

byen

  1. well

References

  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
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