byspel

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English byspel, bispel, from Old English biġspel, bīspel (“a proverb; pattern; example”), equivalent to by- +‎ spell (“talk, saying, discourse, story”). Compare Scots byspel (“byword; rarety; outcast”), Saterland Frisian Biespil (“example; pattern”), Middle Dutch bijspel (“proverb; parable”), German Low German Bispill (“example”), German Beispiel (“example”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === byspel (plural not attested) (rare, nonstandard) An example. === See also === bispel === Anagrams === blypes == Scots == === Alternative forms === byspale === Etymology === From Middle English byspel, bispel, from Old English biġspel, bīspel (“example, pattern, proverb”), from bī- (“by-”) + spel (“tale, story”), equivalent to by- +‎ spel. Compare Old High German bīspel, German Beispiel. === Noun === byspel (plural byspels) a rarety, someone or something of rare, unique, or exceptional qualities (often used ironically) === Adverb === byspel very, extraordinarily, exceedingly, exceptionally byspel weel ("very well")