bysen

• bīsen

From Proto-Germanic *būsniz (“command, precept”), from *beudaną (“to ask, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). Cognate with Old Saxon ambusan (“command, precept”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌿𐍃𐌽𐍃 (anabusns, “a command”), Old Norse býsn (“wonder, premonition”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbyːsen/, [ˈbyːzen]

bȳsen f

1. example

   bȳsne stellan — to set an example

   bȳsne sellan — to give an example

   tō bȳsne — as an example, for example

   • c. 900, the Old English Boethius

     Ealla bēċ sind fulla þāra bȳsna þāra manna þe ǣr ūs wǣron.

     All books are full of the examples of the people who were before us.

2. parable
3. command

• bisene

• forebȳsen ("example")
• bisenian, bȳsnian ("exemplify, give or set an example")

• from bysen: Middle English bisne, bisen; English bizen
• from forebȳsen: Middle English: forbus(ne), for(e)bise, forbesen, forbuys(ne), for(e)bisnen, for(e)bise