byn

Translingual

Symbol

byn

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Blin.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Blin terms

Middle English

Noun

byn

1. alternative form of bynne

Old English

Etymology

From būan (“to dwell”)

Adjective

bȳn

1. inhabited, occupied
   • Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan

     On þǣm mōrum eardiað Finnas; and þæt bȳne land is ēasteweard brādost, and symle swā norðor swā smælre. Ēastewerd hit mæġ bīon syxtiġ mīla brād, oþþe hwēne brǣdre; and middeweard þritiġ oððe brādre; and norðeweard, hē cwæð, þǣr hit smalost wǣre, þæt hit mihte bēon þrēora mīla brād tō þǣm mōre; and sē mōr syðþan, on sumum stōwum, swā brād swā man mæġ on twām wucum oferferan; and, on sumum stōwum, swā brād swā man mæġ on syx dagum oferferan.

     Finns dwell on the moors; and that inhabited land is widest in the east, and always smaller farther north. In the east it can be sixty miles wide, or a bit wider; and in the middle, thirty miles or broader; and in the north, he said, where it was smallest, it might be three miles across to the moor; and the moor, in some places, is as wide as a man can cross in two weeks; and in some places, as broad as a man can cross in six days.

Declension

Declension of bȳn — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bȳn	bȳn	bȳn
Accusative	bȳnne	bȳne	bȳn
Genitive	bȳnes	bȳnre	bȳnes
Dative	bȳnum	bȳnre	bȳnum
Instrumental	bȳne	bȳnre	bȳne
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bȳne	bȳna, bȳne	bȳn
Accusative	bȳne	bȳna, bȳne	bȳn
Genitive	bȳnra	bȳnra	bȳnra
Dative	bȳnum	bȳnum	bȳnum
Instrumental	bȳnum	bȳnum	bȳnum

Declension of bȳn — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bȳna	bȳne	bȳne
Accusative	bȳnan	bȳnan	bȳne
Genitive	bȳnan	bȳnan	bȳnan
Dative	bȳnan	bȳnan	bȳnan
Instrumental	bȳnan	bȳnan	bȳnan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bȳnan	bȳnan	bȳnan
Accusative	bȳnan	bȳnan	bȳnan
Genitive	bȳnra, bȳnena	bȳnra, bȳnena	bȳnra, bȳnena
Dative	bȳnum	bȳnum	bȳnum
Instrumental	bȳnum	bȳnum	bȳnum

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “býn”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Swedish

Noun

byn

1. definite singular of by
2. (slang) Rinkeby

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old High German bini, from Proto-West Germanic *bini, from Proto-Germanic *biniz, genitive singular of *bijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey- (“bee”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

byn f

1. bee