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▪ I. † forˈbysen, n. Obs.
[f. for prep. + bysen.]
a. An example, pattern, type.
b. An illustration, parable.
c. A proverb.
d. A token.
a.c1175Lamb. Hom. 81 Her of me mei ane forbisne of twa brondes. c1220Bestiary 307 Ðe hert haueð kindes two and forbisnes oc al so. c1320Cast. Love 980 A forbysne of boxumnes. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xviii. 277 He is a for⁓busne to alle busshopes.
b.c1175Lamb. Hom. 79 God almihti seið an forbisne to his folk in þe halie godspel and seið [etc.]. c1308Song Times in Pol. Songs. (Camden) 197 Of thos a vorbisen ic herd telle. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. ix. 24 ‘Bi a forebisene’ seide the frere, ‘I schal the feire schewe.’
c.a1250Owl & Night. 99 Thar-bi men segget a vorbisne, Dahet habbe that ilke best, That fuleth his owe nest. 1340Ayenb. 47 Vor ase zayþ þe uorbisne ‘leuedi of uaire diȝtinge is arblast to þe tour.’
d.a1300Cursor M. 4593 (Gött.) For þoru þis for-bisin here, Witt þu þar sal be seuen ȝere of plente..in þi kingrike. 1485Caxton Trevisa's Higden ii. i. (1527) 58 Soo some partes of a mannes bodye be forbyson & bodyng of wondres.
▪ II. † forˈbysen, v. Obs.
Also 4 (erron.) forbyse.
[f. prec. n.]
1. trans. To furnish (a person) with examples.
a1300[see forbysening vbl. n.] c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 1341 (1390) It nedeth me nought thee longe to forbyse.
2. To give (something) as an example.
Hence forˈbisned ppl. a.
c1220Bestiary 589 Ðis forbisnede ði[n]g. |
