byen

See also: Byen and Byə̌ŋ

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbjɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

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[1], →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

Dutch

Noun

byen

  1. plural of by

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bien (well).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bjɛ̃/

Adverb

byen

  1. well

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiːən/

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

1 Sometimes 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