Fóre-býsen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fóre-býsen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

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

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱᛖ-ᛒᚣᛋᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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"Fornjóts synir eru á landi komnir"