† byspelbispeln.

Forms: Also 1800s Scottish and northern byspale.

Etymology: Middle English bispell, Old English ˈbíspell, ˈbígspell, < bí, bi- prefix + spell n.¹ tale, story, narration; cognate with Middle High German bîspel, bîspil ‘instance, example’, Middle Dutch bîspel, byspel (Kilian). As in other nominal compounds, the prefix had the strong accented form, and appears to retain the sound of by/baɪ/ in the dialects in which the word lingers; but it was perhaps shortened to /ˈbɪspɛl/ in Middle English.

Obsolete or ? dialect.

1. A parable.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [noun]

byspelc950

by-talea1300

forbyseninga1300

fable1340

parablec1384

similitudea1425

examplec1425

allegoryc1450

problema1500

apologuea1555

byworda1557

mythology1603

Aesopism1845

exemplum1883

c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xxi. 33 Oðero bispell heres ge.

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxi. 33 Gehyrað me oðer bigspel.

c1160 Hatton G. Matt. xxi. 33 Geherað nu oðer byspel.

c1175 Cott. Hom. 233 Gode menn, understandeð þis bispel.

2. A proverb.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [noun]

byspelc1000

bywordc1050

forbysena1250

riotc1330

proverbc1375

sayingc1390

paroemia1550

nayworda1616

diverb1624

proverbial1645

sooth1655

proverbialism1830

c1000 Ælfric Deut. xxviii. 37 And ge forwurþaþ þurh bigspell [ Wyclif & 1611 proverb] and bigcwidas.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 127 Her-bi men segget a bi-spel.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Gospel Bigspell (Deut. 28. 37) signifies a by-word or Proverb; or (as it is used in the North) By-spell.

3. dialect. One whose worthlessness is proverbial, who becomes a byword.

ΚΠ

1691 W. Nicholson Glossarium Northanhymbricum in J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 139 Bispel, nequam, q.d. Qui adeo insignis est Nebulo ut jam in proverbium abiit.

1709 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 281 By~spel, homo nihili: Ita Angli Boreales.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) ‘He's just a byspale.’ ‘He's nae byspel mair than me.’

1811 R. Willan List Words W. Riding Yorks. (E.D.S.) Byspelt.

4. An illegitimate child, a bastard. Cf. by-blow n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > illegitimate child

avetrolc1300

bastardc1330

misbegetc1330

whoresonc1330

horcop14..

get?a1513

misbegotten1546

misbegot1558

mamzer1562

base1571

bantling1593

by-blow1595

by-chopa1637

by-scape1646

by-slipa1670

illegitimate1673

stall-whimper1676

love brata1700

slink1702

child, son of shame1723

babe of love1728

adulterine1730

come-by-chance?1750

byspel1781

love-child1805

come-o'-will1815

chance-child1838

chance-bairn1863

side-slip1872

fly-blow1875

catch colt1901

illegit1913

outside child1930

1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 87/2 Byspel, a bastard, or an outcast in a family.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. By-spel, an illegitimate child.

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

单词	byspel
释义	† byspelbispeln. Forms: Also 1800s Scottish and northern byspale. Etymology: Middle English bispell, Old English ˈbíspell, ˈbígspell, < bí, bi- prefix + spell n.¹ tale, story, narration; cognate with Middle High German bîspel, bîspil ‘instance, example’, Middle Dutch bîspel, byspel (Kilian). As in other nominal compounds, the prefix had the strong accented form, and appears to retain the sound of by/baɪ/ in the dialects in which the word lingers; but it was perhaps shortened to /ˈbɪspɛl/ in Middle English. Obsolete or ? dialect. 1. A parable. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [noun] byspelc950 by-talea1300 forbyseninga1300 fable1340 parablec1384 similitudea1425 examplec1425 allegoryc1450 problema1500 apologuea1555 byworda1557 mythology1603 Aesopism1845 exemplum1883 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xxi. 33 Oðero bispell heres ge. c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxi. 33 Gehyrað me oðer bigspel. c1160 Hatton G. Matt. xxi. 33 Geherað nu oðer byspel. c1175 Cott. Hom. 233 Gode menn, understandeð þis bispel. 2. A proverb. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [noun] byspelc1000 bywordc1050 forbysena1250 riotc1330 proverbc1375 sayingc1390 paroemia1550 nayworda1616 diverb1624 proverbial1645 sooth1655 proverbialism1830 c1000 Ælfric Deut. xxviii. 37 And ge forwurþaþ þurh bigspell [ Wyclif & 1611 proverb] and bigcwidas. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 127 Her-bi men segget a bi-spel. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Gospel Bigspell (Deut. 28. 37) signifies a by-word or Proverb; or (as it is used in the North) By-spell. 3. dialect. One whose worthlessness is proverbial, who becomes a byword. ΚΠ 1691 W. Nicholson Glossarium Northanhymbricum in J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 139 Bispel, nequam, q.d. Qui adeo insignis est Nebulo ut jam in proverbium abiit. 1709 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 281 By~spel, homo nihili: Ita Angli Boreales. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) ‘He's just a byspale.’ ‘He's nae byspel mair than me.’ 1811 R. Willan List Words W. Riding Yorks. (E.D.S.) Byspelt. 4. An illegitimate child, a bastard. Cf. by-blow n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > illegitimate child avetrolc1300 bastardc1330 misbegetc1330 whoresonc1330 horcop14.. get?a1513 misbegotten1546 misbegot1558 mamzer1562 base1571 bantling1593 by-blow1595 by-chopa1637 by-scape1646 by-slipa1670 illegitimate1673 stall-whimper1676 love brata1700 slink1702 child, son of shame1723 babe of love1728 adulterine1730 come-by-chance?1750 byspel1781 love-child1805 come-o'-will1815 chance-child1838 chance-bairn1863 side-slip1872 fly-blow1875 catch colt1901 illegit1913 outside child1930 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 87/2 Byspel, a bastard, or an outcast in a family. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. By-spel, an illegitimate child. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c950
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