† bysymn.
Scottish. Obsolete.
= bysen n. 2.
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
1568 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 957 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 157 Allace I am lost lathest of all Bysym [a1525 Asloan By syn] in bale beft. [Cf. l. 69 Quhame sall I bleme in this breth a besym [a1525 Asloan bysyn] þt I be?]
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