noun, feminine/biz/plural: bises
north wind; northeasterly (wind)
“La Cigale ayant chanté / Tout l’Eſté, / Se trouva fort dépourvuë / Quand la biſe fut venuë.”
From Germanic, from Frankish *bîsi (“covered with clouds”), related to *bisa (“wind from the northeast”), from Proto-Germanic *bī̆s- (“to storm ahead”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to be afraid, fear”), see also Proto-Germanic *bibāną (“to shiver”). Compare Walloon bijhe.