byspel
Scots
noun
Definitions
- a rarety, someone or something of rare, unique, or exceptional qualities (often used ironically)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English byspel inherited from Old English biġspel affix from Scots spel.
Origin
Scots
spel
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- byspel English
- spell English
- Beispiel German
- Hörbeispiel German
- Lesebeispiel German
- Paradebeispiel German
- beispielhaft German
- beispielsweise German
- *spellą Proto-Germanic
- biġspel Old English
- byspel Middle English
- bīspel Old High German
- Beispill Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- בײַשפּיל Yiddish
- spel Scots