bismer
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]bismer (plural bismers)
- Synonym of steelyard
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[edit]Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *smarōną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bismer n
- mockery
- blasphemy
- reproach
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- Ġenōh lange ic wæs on þām bysmore and on þǣre sceame, þe hȳ mē on ġebrōhton;...
- Long enough have I been in the reproach and shame which they brought on me;...
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Declension
[edit]Strong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | bismer | bismer |
accusative | bismer | bismer |
genitive | bismeres | bismera |
dative | bismere | bismerum |