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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
DER. ge-býsnian, mis-.
Linked entries
v.  ge-býsnian bísnian býsenian býsnigan bisenian.
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