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býsnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
býsnian, bísnian, býsnigan, býsenian; p. ode; pp. od
[býsen, býsn an example] To give or set an example; exemplum dare
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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
      • .

  • 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
      • .

  • 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
      • .

  • Ða bísnodon hiora æfter-gengum

    they set an example to their successors,

    • 39, 11
      • ;
    • Fox 230, 2
      • .

  • Gif he yfel býsnige

    if he give evil example,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 48, 35
      • ;
    • L. Edg. C. 66
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 258, 17
      • .
Derived forms
ge-býsnian, mis-
Linked entries
v.  bisenian bísnian ge-býsnian býsenian býsnigan.
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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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