bismer
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
bismer (plural bismers)
- Synonym of steelyard
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Old English[edit]
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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