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BÝSEN

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
BÝSEN, bísen, býsn, e; f.
a pattern, an example, model, resemblance, similitude, parable; norma, exemplum, modellum, similitudo, parabola
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  • Ðú bútan býsne, Ælmihtig God, eall geworhtest þing þearle gód [good, MS.]

    thou, Almighty God, modest all things very good, without a pattern,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 85
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 43
      • .

  • Seó býsen ðæs rihtan geleáfan Angel cyricean to Róme gelǽded wæs

    exemplum catholicæ fidei Anglorum Romam perlatum est,

    • Bd. 4, 18
      • ;
    • S. 587, 11: 2, l
      • ;
    • S. 590, 26: 4, 23
      • ;
    • S. 595, 10
      • .

  • Gúþlác mongum wearþ býsen on Brytene

    Guthlac was an example to many in Britain,

    • Exon. 35 a
      • ;
    • Th. 112, 19
      • ;
    • Gú. 146
      • .

  • Ðiós óðru býsen

    this other similitude,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 12, 13
      • ;
    • Met. 12, 7
      • .

  • Æfter heora býsne

    after their example,

    • Ps. Th. arg. 28: Cd. 217
      • ;
    • Th. 276, 29
      • ;
    • Sat. 196
      • .

  • On býsene ðære frymþelícan cyricean

    in exemplum primitivæ ecclesiæ,

    • Bd. 4, 23
      • ;
    • S. 593, 40
      • .

  • Be sumere bísene

    by some example,

    • Bt. 22, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 78, 13
      • .

  • Ðæt hí ealle gemyndige wǽron hyre býsene

    that they all should be mindful of her example,

    • Bd. 4, 23
      • ;
    • S. 595, 20
      • .

  • He býsene gegearwode

    he gave an example,

    • 4, 23
      • ;
    • S. 594, 24
      • .

  • He us býsene sealde his árfæstnysse

    he gave us an example of his piety,

    • Homl. Th. i. 492, 23
      • .

  • Wolde ic eów býsne onstellan

    I would give you an example,

    • Andr. Kmbl: 1942
      • ;
    • An. 973: Bd. 4, 27
      • ;
    • S. 604, 1
      • .

  • Secgen Dryhtne lof ealra ðara bísena ðe us his wísdóm cýðaþ

    let us speak to the Lord praise for all the examples which manifest his wisdom,

    • Exon. 40a
      • ;
    • Th. 133, 33
      • ;
    • Gú. 499
      • .

  • Ealle béc sint fulle-ðara bísna ðara monna, ðe ǽr us wǽron [MS. wæran]

    all books are full of examples of the men, who were before us,

    • Bt. 29, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 102, 12
      • .

  • Onlícnesse oððe bísene

    a parable;

    similitudinem

    ,
    • Lk. Rush. War. 13, 6
      • .
a command, precept, admonition; mandatum, præceptum, admonitio
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  • Ic gelýfe ðæt hit from Gode cóme, broht from his býsene

    I believe that it came from God, brought by his command,

    • Cd. 32
      • ;
    • Th. 42, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 680
      • .

  • Ðæt he ða býsene from Gode brungen hæfde

    that he had brought those commands from God,

    • 30
      • ;
    • Th. 41, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 651
      • .

  • Hwylce ðú selfa hæfst bísne on breóstum

    what precepts thou thyself hast in thy breast,

    • 27
      • ;
    • Th. 36, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 571
      • .

  • Ic ðínra býsna ne mæg wuht oncnáwan

    I cannot understand aught of thy commands,

    • 26
      • ;
    • Th. 34, 6
      • ;
    • Gen. 533
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. bisne, bysne, dat. a pattern, example
:
Orm. bisne example
:
O. Sax. busan. f. in am-busan, f. a commandment
:
Goth. ana-busns, f. a command.
]
Derived forms
fðre-býsen, lár-, býsnian, ge-, mis-, býsnung, ge-
Linked entries
v.  bísen bigsen bísen.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “BÝSEN.” 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/5675.

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