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ביסן
‘bite’

ביסן
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דער
'bite'

ETYMOLOGY

ON biti, OE bita, English bit, OHG bizzo, NHG Bissen; from PGmc ✱bitan- 'bite; little bit, fragment' (DRV).
A zero-grade n-stem from ✱bītan- (see בײַסן).

WESTERN

נקמה is e guter Bissen.
{Maißim un Schnokes vun e Handelewos, LEIPZIG 1845: 44}
- Der erste Bissen is e Egbrl. {46}

CENTRAL

mᵻ-dɛm bisn מיט דעם ביסן {Warsaw, Geller 2001: 295}