Byspel meaning

From Middle English bispel, byspell, from Old English, bīspel, biġspel (“proverb, parable, example, story”), from bī- (“by”) + spel (“talk, story”), equivalent to by- +‎ spell. Cognate with Middle Dutch bijspel (“proverb, parable”), Low German bispeel (“example”), German Beispiel (“example”). More at by-, spell.