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before 1000; Middle English besem, Old English bes(e)ma; cognate with Dutch bezem, German Besen
before 1000; Middle English besem, Old English bes(e)ma; cognate with Dutch bezem, German Besen
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Besom
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| besom2 (ˈbɪzəm, ˈbizəm) | |
| —n | |
| dialect (Scot), (Northern English) a derogatory term for a woman | |
| [perhaps from Old English bysen example; related to Old Norse bysn wonder] | |
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Word Origin & History
besom
O.E. besma "bundle of twigs" (used as a broom or a flail), from W.Gmc. *besmon (cf. O.Fris. besma, Ger. Besen, Du. bezem), of unknown origin. Perhaps "something bound or twisted," from PIE *bheidh-.
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Bible Dictionary
Besom definition
the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning sweeper, occurs only in Isa. 14:23, of the sweeping away, the utter ruin, of Babylon.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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