vbl. sb. Obs. [see -ING1.]
1. The action of the vb. FORBYSEN; concr. an example, symbol, type.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 2682 (Cott.).
| For-qui þe werk of circumcising | |
| Bers in it-self gret for-bise[n]yng. | |
| Ibid., 15327 (Gött.). | |
| For a forbiseneng nu ȝur fete | |
| ȝus haue I washen all. |
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., VIII. xli. 68.
| Syndry can in þare Hartis schwne, | |
| And 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 for-biseninges; | |
| Speke sal I fra bi-ginninge for-settynges. |
