Talk:forbisen

RFV discussion: February–July 2015
I can't find any citations of the verb, and the only hits I can find of the noun are of a medicine (apparently unrelated to the entry we have). - -sche (discuss) 22:49, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
 * I found this: http://www.slideshare.net/accipio/william-langlandsvisionofpiersplowmaneditedbybenbyramwigfield

Search for the word on the page. Tharthan (talk) 02:43, 18 February 2015 (UTC)


 * http://archive.org/stream/exempluminearly01moshgoog/exempluminearly01moshgoog_djvu.txt

This text has it in reference to an Old English quote, but the Old English quote in question uses "forbisne". It is possible that the author of the text was taking a jab at the Modern English term, which had become quite dated (or perhaps already archaic by this time). Tharthan (talk) 02:50, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * http://archive.org/stream/englishdialects00elligoog/englishdialects00elligoog_djvu.txt

Found it in this text which details dialectal English vocabulary. Tharthan (talk) 02:52, 18 February 2015 (UTC)


 * As best I can tell, your first link is a 1906 updated addition (=translation into modern English) of William Langland's Piers Plowman; it attests the spellings "forbisne" and "forbisen":
 * "How seven sithes the sad man sinneth on the day. times By a forbisne," quoth the friar, "I shall thee fair shew."
 * [The] Holy Church is honoured highly through his dying; He is a forbisen to all bishops and a bright mirror
 * The second link only contains Old English uses and mentions in my opinion, but perhaps someone else interprets it differently.
 * The third link only mentions but does not use the word.
 * - -sche (discuss) 22:20, 27 March 2015 (UTC)


 * RFV-failed. - -sche (discuss) 06:35, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Could this not have been moved to Middle English ? Leasnam (talk) 15:08, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah, yes, you're right. Although quod.lib.umich.edu's Middle English Dictionary only has citations for the noun, so I've removed the verb section (feel free to readd it if it actually exists). - -sche (discuss) 18:54, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you ! I'll check on the verb, and if so will add, probably @ . Leasnam (talk) 19:46, 7 July 2015 (UTC)