bismer

bismer (plural bismers)

1. Synonym of steelyard

• IBMers, simber

• bismor, bysmer, bysmor

From Proto-Germanic *smarōną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbis.mer/, [ˈbiz.mer]

bismer n

1. mockery
2. blasphemy
3. reproach
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

     Ġenōh lange ic wæs on þām bysmore and on þǣre sceame, þe hȳ mē on ġebrōhton;...

     Long enough have I been in the reproach and shame which they brought on me;...