† byseningn.
Obsolete.
The action of setting an example; concrete a pattern, example, symbol, type.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > prototype > [noun] > model, pattern, or example
byseningc1175
mirrora1300
samplera1300
formc1384
calendarc1385
patternc1425
exemplar?a1439
lighta1450
projectc1450
moul1565
platform1574
module1608
paradigma1623
specimen1642
butt1654
paradigm1669
type1847
fore-mark1863
model1926
society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > symbolizing by a type > [noun] > a type
byseningc1175
samplera1400
image1548
express1553
mapa1591
emblema1631
pantotype1644
model1745
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 93 Efter þissere bisnunge weren arerede munechene lif mid.
c1325 Metr. Hom. 138 Forthi wil I schaw other thinges, That er apert biseninges.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 21718 Of croice in þe ald testament was mani bisning [Vesp. bisening].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
† byseningbysningadj.
Obsolete.
Ill-boding, portentous, monstrous, frightful; also quasi-n. a monster.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > hideousness > hideous thing
byseningc1375
hideousc1420
bysena1525
loathlyc1540
Mahoundc1540
loathsomeness1549
bysym1568
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing apprehension or alarm > [adjective] > alarming > foreboding something evil
byseningc1375
misboding1607
the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > types of growth > abnormal or excessive development > condition of being abnormally developed > abnormal creature(s)
byseningc1375
hodmandod1881
c1375 ? J. Barbour St. Pelagia 268 To mak hethinge Of me as of a bysninge thinge.
c1375 ? J. Barbour St. Ninian 645 Sa wes it borne a bysnynge..For a-gane kynd wes it sa Þat bak-wart stud hele & ta.
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 740 in Shorter Poems (1967) 52 In till sum bysnyng [1579 Edinb. bysning] best transfigurit me.
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 625 in Shorter Poems (1967) 44 Ilk wycht has sum weilfare..Saue me bysnyng [1579 Edinb. bysning].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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