Noun: forbisen
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like forbisen
schimeringe,
synger,
serche,
sengle,
snoute,
saucer,
sauter,
sapour,
saphir,
sachel,
sculle,
scrape,
scrowe,
scisme,
sclate,
schyfe,
schyve,
schole,
schere,
schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old English forebȳsen (“example”), from fore- + bȳsen (“model, exemplar, pattern, parable, command”), from Proto-Germanic *būsniz (“command, precept”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to ask, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). Cognate with Old Saxon am-busan (“a command, precept”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌿𐍃𐌽𐍃 (anabūsns, “a command”), Old Norse býsn (“wonder, premonition”). More at bid. See: Old English Nouns '
forebȳsen', Gothic Nouns '
𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌿𐍃𐌽𐍃', Old Norse Nouns '
býsn'.
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