English Explanatory Dictionary

bispel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A proverb or parable.

Word forms

bispel

Etymology

From Middle English bispel, from Old English bīspel, biġspel (“proverb, parable, example, story”), from bī- (“by”) + spel (“talk, story”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Biespil (“example”), Middle Dutch bijspel (“proverb, parable”), German Low German Bispeel (“example”), German Beispiel (“example”). More at byspel, by-, spell.

Related words

byspel
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