Old English Dictionary Entry

Fóre-býsen

Part of speech: e;

Definitions

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1 fóre-býsen

f. [fóre, býsen an example, model] A fore-model, an example; exemplum :-- Arcebisceop sceal hálgian and getryman mid gódan mynegunga and fórebýsene an archbishop shall hallow and strengthen them with good admonitions and example, Chr. 694; Th. 67, 43. fore-bysen

Similar Words

'feallend-lic
-fá
-fandigendlic
-farenness
-feald

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱᛖ-ᛒᚣᛋᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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