forbysning

Scots

Alternative forms

• forbisening (archaic)
• forbyssenyng (archaic)
• forbysnyng (archaic)

Etymology

Possibly from Old Norse [Term?]. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål forvise, from Low German vorwisen.

Noun

forbysning

1. (uncountable) An omen.

   And fra men saw this infortown, Syndry can in thare hartis schwne, And cald it iwill forbysning.

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Further reading

• “forbysning” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.