byspel
byspel · byspels
An exampleAn example.
Meaning
1 senses(no plural, nonstandard, rare)An example.
Origin
From Middle English byspel, bispel, from Old English biġspel, bīspel (“a proverb; pattern;From Middle English byspel, bispel, from Old English biġspel, bīspel (“a proverb; pattern; example”), equivalent to by- + spell (“talk, saying, discourse, story”). Compare Scots byspel (“byword; rarety; outcast”), Saterland Frisian Biespil (“example; pattern”), Middle Dutch bijspel (“proverb; parable”), German Low German Bispill (“example”), German Beispiel (“example”).
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