býsnian
- verb [ weak ]
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We lǽraþ, ðæt preóstas aa wel býsnian
we enjoin that priests always set a good example,
- L. Edg. C. 52; Th. ii. 254, 28.
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Gif ða láreówas wel tǽcaþ, and wel býsniaþ, beóþ hí gehealdene
if the teachers teach well, and give good example, they shall be saved,
- Homl. Th. ii. 50, 3.
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Ne bísnode ðé nán man, forðamðe nán ǽr ðé næs
no man set thee an example, for no one was before thee,
- Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 20.
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Ða bísnodon hiora æfter-gengum
they set an example to their successors,
- 39, 11; Fox 230, 2.
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Gif he yfel býsnige
if he give evil example,
- Homl. Th. ii. 48, 35: L. Edg. C. 66; Th. ii. 258, 17.
Bosworth, Joseph. “býsnian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/5701.
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