besing
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To sing of or sing about; celebrate in song or poetry; sing the praises of; praise; laud.
- (transitive) To sing to.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English besingen inherited from Old English besingan (enchant, sing charms, bewail, sing of) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bisingwaną (sing about) affix from English sing.
Origin
English
sing
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- countersing English
- filksing English
- foresing English
- forsing English
- outsing English
- oversing English
- sing English
- singability English
- singable English
- singalong English
- singback English
- singer English
- singest English
- singeth English
- singing English
- singsong English
- singster English
- undersing English
- unsing English
- besingen German
- bezingen Dutch, Flemish
- zingen Dutch, Flemish
- besynge Norwegian Bokmål
- *bisingwaną Proto-Germanic
- besingan Old English
- singan Old English
- besingen Middle English
- singen Middle English
- singsing Tok Pisin