† bysenn.

Forms: Old English býsen, bisine, Old English–Middle English bisen, Middle English bisne, Middle English bisin, Middle English bysine, bisyne, Middle English bysyn ( bysynt), 1500s–1600s bysin, 1800s bison, byzen, bysen.

Etymology: partly Old English býsen example; but the later use is exclusively northern, and apparently from the cognate Old Norse býsn wonder, portentous thing. See also bysym n.

Obsolete exc. Scottish and northern dialect.

I. Something that represents an example.

1. An example, a pattern.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > a pattern or model of conduct

bysenc950

ensample1297

mirrora1300

ensamplerc1374

examplea1382

foregoer1382

exemplara1393

essamplerie1393

forbyseninga1400

patternc1425

spectaclec1430

precedent1535

spectable1535

foregoinga1586

modela1586

copya1616

leading card1635

patron saint1803

fugleman1814

fore-mark1863

parable1894

c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John xiii. 15 Bisen [Rushw. bisine] forðon ic salde iuh.

c1175 Lamb Hom. 5 Godalmihti..sette us bisne.

c1230 Hali Meid. 45 After þe bisne of þat eadi meiden.

a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 245 Ure lauerd..teacheð us þurh a bisne.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1027 Þe bodys of þe world..Shewes us for bisens..How we suld serve God.

II. Something shocking or disgraceful.

2. Something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight, sorry spectacle, disgraceful thing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > offensive thing, person, or place > [noun]

bysena1525

bysym1568

bastard1675

nasty1825

objectionable1836

man-killer1876

undesirable1883

swine1892

stinker1917

bugger1922

pig1923

snake-pit1941

pisser1957

dickhead1960

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > hideousness > hideous thing

byseningc1375

hideousc1420

bysena1525

loathlyc1540

Mahoundc1540

loathsomeness1549

bysym1568

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] > cause of disgrace > person or thing

sinc1300

shamea1586

bysen1805

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 107 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 98 I am netherit ane owll..Bysyn [1568 Bannatyne Byssym] of all birdis yat euer body bure.

a1600 A. Montgomerie Sonnets xxxiv Fy, lothsome lyfe! Fy, death, that dou not [serve me] Bot quik and dedd a bysin thow must [preserve me].

1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 60 She's a shem and a byzen to aw the heale town.

1874 E. Waugh Jannock ii. 13 in J. H. Nodal & G. Milnar Gloss. Lancashire Dial. (1875) It'll be a sham an' a bizen, if we cannot find him a menseful of a dinner.

Compounds

attributive or as adj. Monstrous, shocking, conspicuously bad or disgraceful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > [adjective]

bysenc1375

offensivea1548

nasty1548

beastly1584

whelpish1586

heathenish1592

viperous1593

vermin1602

verminousc1616

unchristian1630

verminian1640

rancida1646

verminly1653

spider-like1655

exceptionable1691

skunky1842

slaggy1943

schmucky1952

grotty1964

grody1965

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [adjective] > hideous

loathlyc900

grislya1150

hideous1303

unherlyc1325

bysenc1375

vilely1398

laidlya1400

squalid1620

frightful1700

gorgonesque1888

c1375 ? J. Barbour St. Mathias 29 He sal be a bysyne mane For his ill to al þat spek cane.

c1375 ? J. Barbour St. Catherine 945 & mak a bysine wyf of þe.

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vi. xiii. 59 (Jam.) Eftyre that he wes broucht on bere Til a bysynt best all lyke.

1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 504 A bison sight..The warst that e'er you saw.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† bysenv.

Etymology: Old English býsenian , býsnian , < býsen; see bysen n. Compare also Old Norse býsna to portend, bode.

Obsolete. transitive.

a. To set an example to; only in Old English.

ΚΠ

a1000 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxiii. §4 Ne bisnode þe nan man, forþam ðe nan ær þe næs.

a1000 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxix. §11 Ða bis~nodon hiora aftergengum.

b. To afford an example or type of, typify, betoken.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > symbolizing by a type > be type of [verb (transitive)]

betokenc1175

bysenc1325

bodea1387

resemblea1393

figure1401

figurate?1548

moralize1597

typify1635

type1831

c1325 Metr. Hom. 111 Pik that cleues quen it is tan, Bisens deling wit wik man, For his sin clefes on god men.

c1325 Metr. Hom. 124 Water bisenes sin and pliht.

2. To liken, compare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] > liken

bysenc1325

anliken1340

comparison1340

liken1340

figure1393

like?c1425

semblea1440

compare1447

comparagea1450

signifya1470

comparate?a1475

figurate?a1500

resemble1533

patterna1586

symbolize with1605

assimilatec1616

similize1620

symbolize1651

similarize1806

c1325 Metr. Hom. 37 Mani man mai bisend be Unto the rede.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	bysen
释义	† bysenn. Forms: Old English býsen, bisine, Old English–Middle English bisen, Middle English bisne, Middle English bisin, Middle English bysine, bisyne, Middle English bysyn ( bysynt), 1500s–1600s bysin, 1800s bison, byzen, bysen. Etymology: partly Old English býsen example; but the later use is exclusively northern, and apparently from the cognate Old Norse býsn wonder, portentous thing. See also bysym n. Obsolete exc. Scottish and northern dialect. I. Something that represents an example. 1. An example, a pattern. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > a pattern or model of conduct bysenc950 ensample1297 mirrora1300 ensamplerc1374 examplea1382 foregoer1382 exemplara1393 essamplerie1393 forbyseninga1400 patternc1425 spectaclec1430 precedent1535 spectable1535 foregoinga1586 modela1586 copya1616 leading card1635 patron saint1803 fugleman1814 fore-mark1863 parable1894 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John xiii. 15 Bisen [Rushw. bisine] forðon ic salde iuh. c1175 Lamb Hom. 5 Godalmihti..sette us bisne. c1230 Hali Meid. 45 After þe bisne of þat eadi meiden. a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 245 Ure lauerd..teacheð us þurh a bisne. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1027 Þe bodys of þe world..Shewes us for bisens..How we suld serve God. II. Something shocking or disgraceful. 2. Something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight, sorry spectacle, disgraceful thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > offensive thing, person, or place > [noun] bysena1525 bysym1568 bastard1675 nasty1825 objectionable1836 man-killer1876 undesirable1883 swine1892 stinker1917 bugger1922 pig1923 snake-pit1941 pisser1957 dickhead1960 the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > hideousness > hideous thing byseningc1375 hideousc1420 bysena1525 loathlyc1540 Mahoundc1540 loathsomeness1549 bysym1568 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] > cause of disgrace > person or thing sinc1300 shamea1586 bysen1805 a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 107 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 98 I am netherit ane owll..Bysyn [1568 Bannatyne Byssym] of all birdis yat euer body bure. a1600 A. Montgomerie Sonnets xxxiv Fy, lothsome lyfe! Fy, death, that dou not [serve me] Bot quik and dedd a bysin thow must [preserve me]. 1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 60 She's a shem and a byzen to aw the heale town. 1874 E. Waugh Jannock ii. 13 in J. H. Nodal & G. Milnar Gloss. Lancashire Dial. (1875) It'll be a sham an' a bizen, if we cannot find him a menseful of a dinner. Compounds attributive or as adj. Monstrous, shocking, conspicuously bad or disgraceful. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > [adjective] bysenc1375 offensivea1548 nasty1548 beastly1584 whelpish1586 heathenish1592 viperous1593 vermin1602 verminousc1616 unchristian1630 verminian1640 rancida1646 verminly1653 spider-like1655 exceptionable1691 skunky1842 slaggy1943 schmucky1952 grotty1964 grody1965 the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [adjective] > hideous loathlyc900 grislya1150 hideous1303 unherlyc1325 bysenc1375 vilely1398 laidlya1400 squalid1620 frightful1700 gorgonesque1888 c1375 ? J. Barbour St. Mathias 29 He sal be a bysyne mane For his ill to al þat spek cane. c1375 ? J. Barbour St. Catherine 945 & mak a bysine wyf of þe. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vi. xiii. 59 (Jam.) Eftyre that he wes broucht on bere Til a bysynt best all lyke. 1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 504 A bison sight..The warst that e'er you saw. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † bysenv. Etymology: Old English býsenian , býsnian , < býsen; see bysen n. Compare also Old Norse býsna to portend, bode. Obsolete. transitive. 1. a. To set an example to; only in Old English. ΚΠ a1000 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxiii. §4 Ne bisnode þe nan man, forþam ðe nan ær þe næs. a1000 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxix. §11 Ða bis~nodon hiora aftergengum. b. To afford an example or type of, typify, betoken. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > symbolizing by a type > be type of [verb (transitive)] betokenc1175 bysenc1325 bodea1387 resemblea1393 figure1401 figurate?1548 moralize1597 typify1635 type1831 c1325 Metr. Hom. 111 Pik that cleues quen it is tan, Bisens deling wit wik man, For his sin clefes on god men. c1325 Metr. Hom. 124 Water bisenes sin and pliht. 2. To liken, compare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] > liken bysenc1325 anliken1340 comparison1340 liken1340 figure1393 like?c1425 semblea1440 compare1447 comparagea1450 signifya1470 comparate?a1475 figurate?a1500 resemble1533 patterna1586 symbolize with1605 assimilatec1616 similize1620 symbolize1651 similarize1806 c1325 Metr. Hom. 37 Mani man mai bisend be Unto the rede. 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