"forbisen" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

Forms: forbisens [plural]
Etymology: From Old English forebȳsen (“example”), from fore- + bȳsen (“model, exemplar, pattern, parable, command”), from Proto-Germanic *būsniz (“command, precept”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to ask, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). Cognate with Old Saxon am-busan (“a command, precept”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌿𐍃𐌽𐍃 (anabūsns, “a command”), Old Norse býsn (“wonder, premonition”). More at bid. Etymology templates: {{der|enm|ang|forebȳsen||example}} Old English forebȳsen (“example”), {{der|enm|gem-pro|*būsniz||command, precept}} Proto-Germanic *būsniz (“command, precept”), {{der|enm|gem-pro|*beudaną||to ask, beg}} Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to ask, beg”), {{der|enm|ine-pro|*bʰewdʰ-||to be awake, perceive fully}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”), {{cog|osx|ambusan|am-busan|a command, precept}} Old Saxon am-busan (“a command, precept”), {{cog|got|𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌿𐍃𐌽𐍃|t=a command|tr=anabūsns}} Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌿𐍃𐌽𐍃 (anabūsns, “a command”), {{cog|non|býsn||wonder, premonition}} Old Norse býsn (“wonder, premonition”) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} forbisen, {{enm-noun}} forbisen (plural forbisens)
  1. an example or model (to be imitated); a precedent
    Sense id: en-forbisen-enm-noun-5ESx4usX
  2. a parable or fable; a proverb
    Sense id: en-forbisen-enm-noun-7U0MxNxg Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bispel
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