byen

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Etymology

A dialectal reflex of Northern Middle English bane (“bone”), featuring the local change of Middle English /aː/ to /jɛ/.

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