bispel

== English == === 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. === Noun === bispel (plural not attested) (rare) A proverb or parable. === See also === byspel == Galician == === Noun === bispel m (plural bispeis) miter, method of cutting the extreme of a wooden piece (a board, a pole or a stick), usually sawed with an angle of 45º, to join with another one cut the same way meeting in an angle of 90º == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old English bīspel (“parable, example”). Compare Middle High German bīspel (“example”) (German Beispiel). More at byspel. === Noun === bispel (uncommon) parable, example == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbiːˌspel/ === Noun === bīspel n alternative spelling of bīspell