Ge-bisnian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-bisnian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-bisnian
- Add: I. to set an example, serve as a model :-- Hé þá leóde gebígde tó Godes geleáfan, and him wel gebysnode mid weorcum, Hml. S. 26, 73. Heó hym eallum gebysnode mid góddre gedrohtnunge tó Godes þeówdóme, 2, 125. Swá swá úre Hǽlend þurh hine gebysnode (-bisnode, ), Hml. A. 45, 529. II. to model, form in accordance with a model or exemplar :-- Swá swá hit áwriten is on þára apostola drohtnunge, be þám muneca líf is gebysenod, R. Ben. 57, 7. ge-bisnian