Obs. Forms: 1 bysmerian, bysm-, bismrian, bismærian, bysmorian, bysmriʓan, 2 bysmerian, 4 bismere. [OE. bysmerian, f. prec.]
trans. To treat with scorn, mock, deride, insult.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Mark iii. 29. Se þe ðone halʓan gast bysmerað [Hatton bysmerieð].
c. 1160. Hatton G., Matt. xxvii. 41. Eac þare sacerde ealdres hyme bysmeredon.
1340. Ayenb., 22. [Þe proude] bisemereþ and scorned þe guode men.
