baysk

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse beiskr, from Proto-Germanic *baiskaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bæi̯sk/

Adjective

baysk (Northern, East Midlands, East Anglia)

  1. bitter, acrid (in taste)
  2. (figuratively) bitter, resentful

Descendants

  • Middle Scots: bask (hapax)

References

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