† forˈbysening, vbl. n. Obs.
[see -ing1.]
1. The action of the vb. forbysen; concr. an example, symbol, type.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 2682 (Cott.) Þe werk of circumcising bers in it-self gret for-bise[n]yng. Ibid. 15327 (Gött.) For a for⁓biseneng nu ȝur fete [þus] haue I washen all. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xli. 69 Syndry..cald it iwil forbysnyng. |
2. A parable.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 7916 (Cott.) Þan come þe prophet to þe king And said him suilk a forbisening. a 1300 E.E. Psalter lxxvii[i]. 2, I sal open mi mouth in forbiseninges. |