Chapter 8

bēan (īe) f. _‘bean,’ pea, legume_, _Lcd_; Mdf.

bēan-belgas, -coddas (_Lk_) mp. _bean-pods, husks or cods_. [v. ‘_cod_’]

bēancynn n. _a kind of bean_, WW 205^3.

bēanen adj. _of beans_, #Lcd# 1·282^9.

bēanlēag f. _land where beans grow_, _KC_ 5·265. [v. ‘_bean_’]

bēanmelu n. _bean meal_, #Lcd# 31b.

bēansǣd n. _bean seed_.

bēanscalu f. _bean-pod_, OEG 608.

bēar (NG) = bēor

bearce (æ) f. _barking_, #Gl#.

beard m. ‘_beard_,’ _VPs_; Æ.

+bearded _having a beard_, GD 279^14.

beardlēas _beardless, youthful_.

bearg I. m. _‘barrow’ pig, hog_, _Mt_ (e), _Rd_. II. pret. 3 sg. of beorgan.

bearh = bearg I. and II.

bearht == beorht

bearhtm I. (br-, e, eo, y) m. _brightness, flash_: _twinkling (of an eye)_, _instant_. II. == breahtm

bearhtme adv. _instantly_.

bearhtmhwæt _swift as the twinkling of an eye, momentary_, #Az# 107 (br-).

bearhtmhwīl f. _moment, twinkling of an eye, point of time_, GD.

bearm I. (a) m. _lap, bosom, breast_, _Lk_: _middle, inside_: (†) _possession_. II. _emotion, excitement_? #PPs# 118. III. = beorma

bearmclāð n. _apron_.

bearmrægl n. _apron_. [hrægl]

bearmtēag _yeast-box_, LL 455[17].

bearn I. (a, eo) n. _child, son, descendant, offspring, issue_, _B, Mt, TC_; AO, CP. lēoda b. _children of men_. [‘_bairn_’] II. = barn pret. 3 sg. of biernan. III. pret. 3 sg. of beiernan. IV. = bereærn

bearnan (N) = biernan

bearncennicge _mother_, DR.

bearn-ēaca (CP, Æ), -ēacen (CP), -eacnod, -ēacnigende (Æ) _pregnant_.

bearnende (NG) = biernende ptc. of biernan.

bearngebyrda fp. _child-bearing_, B 946.

bearngestrēon n. _procreation of children_, #Rd# 21^27.

bearnlēas _childless_, Æ.

bearnlēast (ē^2) f. _childlessness_.

bearnlufe _affection (for a child)_, _adoption_, BH 454^11.

bearn-myrðra m., -myrðre f. _murderer or murderess of a child_.

bearntēam m. _offspring, posterity_, _AO_: _procreation of children_, HL. [‘_bairnteam_’]

bearo == bearu

bearrige f? ‘_braugina_,’ ‘_baruina_,’ #Gl#.

bears == bærs

bēarscipe = bēorscipe

±bearu gs. bearwes m. _grove, wood_, _BH_; CP; Mdf. [berwe]

bearug = bearg

bearunæs m. _woody shore_, #Rd# 58^5.

bearwe (æ) f. _basket, wheelbarrow_, LL 455^15.

bearwes v. bearu.

beasu = basu I.

+bēat n. _scourging_, Æ.

±bēatan^7 pret. bēot and (rarely) beoft (ES 38·28) _to ‘beat,’ strike, thrust, dash_, _Bo, Bl, Ps_: _hurt, injure_, #Da# 265: _tramp, tread_, _B_.

bēatere m. _beater, boxer_, Æ.

bēaw m. _gad-fly_, WW.

bebaðian _to bathe, wash_ (tr. intr. and refl.).

bebēodan^2 _to offer, commit, entrust_, CP: _bid, enjoin, instruct, command, require_, _Æ, Lk_; AO, CP: _announce, proclaim_. [‘_bibede_’]

bebēodend m. _commander, master_, CP.

bebēodendlic _commanding, imperative_, #ÆGr#.

bebeorgan^3 _to be on one’s guard, defend, protect_, _B_. [‘_bibergh_’]

beber (WW 11^14) = befer

beberan^4 _to carry to, supply with_.

bebindan^3 _to bind about, bind fast_, Æ.

be-birgan, -birigan = bebyrgan

bebītan (bibī-) _to bite_, Cp 251#m#.

beblāwan _to blow upon_.

bebod n. _command, injunction, order, decree_, _Mt_; Æ, AO, CP. ðā bebodu _the (ten) commandments_. [‘_bibod_’]

beboddæg m. _appointed day_, A 11·102^67.

bebodian wv. = bebēodan

bebodrǣden f. _command, authority_, #LPs# 118^110.

bebrǣdan _to spread, cover_, MH 44^19.

bebrecan^4 _to break to pieces_, #Sol# 295.

bebregdan^3 _to pretend_, LkL 20^20.

bebrūcan^2 _to practise_: _consume (food)_.

bebūgan^2 _to flow round, surround, enclose_: _turn from, shun, avoid_, _El_: _reach, extend_. [‘_bibugh_’]

bebycgan (A) _to sell_.

bebycgung f. _selling_, WW.

bebyrdan _to fringe, border_, WW 375^41.

be-byrgan (AO) -byrian I. _to raise a mound to, bury, inter_, _Æ_. [‘_bebury_’] II. = bebeorgan

be-byrgednes, -byrig(ed)nes f. _burial, burying_.

bebyrig- = bebyrg-

bebyrwan (?= -bȳwan, BT) _to rub over_, GD 318^3.

bec = bæc

bēc v. bōc.

becæfian _to ornament_, WW 137^22.

+bēcan _to make over in writing, grant by charter_, EC 202´.

becc = bæc II.

becca m. _pick, mattock_, _WW_; Æ. [‘_beck_’; and v. Indog. Forschungen 24]

beccen m. _buyer_, WW (#KGl#) 75^36. [= bycgend]

bece m. = bæc II.

bēce (oe) f. _‘beech’ (tree)_, _Gl_. (v. also bōc.)

becēapian^1 _to sell_, Æ: _buy_, Æ.

becefed = becæfed, pp. of becæfian.

bēcen I. _‘beechen,’ made of beechwood_, _Lcd, WW_. II. (NG) = bēacen

beceorfan^3 _to cut, cut off, separate_, Æ. hēafde b. _to behead_.

beceorian _to murmur at, complain of_.

becēowan^2 _to gnaw in pieces_, #Soul# 111.

becēpan I. _to take notice of_, #LPs#. II. = becȳpan

beceð pres. 3 sg. of bacan.

becīdan _to complain of_, ÆH 2·470^6.

becierran (e, y) _to turn, turn round, pass by, avoid_, _Met_; CP: _wind, twist_: _pervert_, _Chr_: _give up, betray_. [‘_bicharre_’]

beclǣman _to plaster over, poultice_, #Lcd#.

beclǣnsian _to cleanse_, #SPs# 18^14.

beclemman _to bind, enclose_, #Sol# 71.

beclencan _to hold fast_, #LPs# 104^18.

beclēsung = beclȳsung

beclingan^3 _enclose, bind_, #El# 696.

beclipð (CP) = beclypð pres. 3 sg. of beclyppan.

beclīsung = beclȳsung

beclypian (eo) _to accuse, challenge, sue at law_, _LL_. [‘_beclepe_’]

beclyppan _to clasp, embrace, encompass, hold_, Æ.

beclypping f. _embrace_, OEG.

beclȳsan _to close, shut up, enclose, confine, imprison_, Æ. [clūse] [[under “clūs”]]

beclȳsung f. _enclosure, cell_, OEG 1522: _period, syllogism_, OEG.

bēcn == bēac(e)n

becnāwan^7 _to know_, RB.

becnedan^5 _to knead up_, #Lcd# 93a.

bēcnydlic = bȳcnendlic [[redirected to “bīcnendlic”]]

becnyttan _to knit, tie, bind_, Æ, CP.

becol-a? m., -e? f. _spectre_, WW 530^33.

bēcrǣding = bōcrǣding

becrēopan^2 _to creep into, crawl_, AO: _be hidden_, Æ.

becst pres. 2 sg. of bacan.

bēctrēow = bōctrēow

becuman^4 _to happen, befall_, Æ: _come, approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with_, _B_; Æ, AO, CP: _happen, befall_, _Bo, Æ_: (impers.) _befit_, MkL 14^31. [‘_become_’]

bēcun (NG) = bēacan [[under “bīcnan”]]

becwelan^4 _to die_, LL 400 (1).

becweðan^5 _to say_: _speak to, address, exhort, admonish, blame_, _Ps_: _‘bequeath,’ leave by will_, _KC_; Æ.

becweðere m. _interpreter, translator_, EHy 16 (proem.).

becwyddod _bespoken, deposited_, WW 115^39.

becwylman? _to torment_ (BT).

becyme m. _event, result_, BH 372^19.

becȳpan _to sell_.

becyrran = becierran

±bed I. n. _prayer, supplication_, Æ, CP: _religious ordinance, service_, Æ. II. = bedd. III. = bæd pret. 3 sg. of biddan.

bedǣlan _to deprive, strip, bereave of, rob_, _Æ_: _release, free from_. [‘_bedeal_’]

bēdan = bēodan

+bēdan = +bædan

bedbǣr (ē) f. _portable bed_, NG.

+bedbigen f. _payment for prayers_, LL 258 (51). [bycgan]

bedbolster m. _bolster, pillow_, WW 124^20.

bedbūr n. _bed-chamber_, #HGl# 481.

±bedcleofa (e, i, y) m. _bedroom, chamber_: _lair_, #Ps#.

bed-cofa m., -cofe f. _bedchamber_.

bedd n. _‘bed,’ couch, resting-place_, _Jn, KC_; CP: _garden-bed, plot_, #Lcd#; Mdf.

+bedda f. _consort, wife_, _B_. [‘_i-bedde_’]

±beddagas mpl. _rogation days_.

beddclāð m. _bed-covering_; pl. _bed-clothes_.

beddclyfa = bedcleofa

beddgemāna m. _cohabitation_, CP 99^25.

beddian _to make a ‘bed,’_ _WW_: _provide one with a bed_, _LL_.

bedding f. _‘bedding,’ bed-covering_, _LPs, WW_; Æ: _bed_.

beddrēaf = bedrēaf

beddreda (i, y) = bedreda

beddrest † f. _bed_.

beddstōw f. _bed_, BH 410^12.

be-dēaglian (-dēahl) = bedīglian

bedecian _to beg_, Æ, CP.

bedēglian = bedīglian

bedēlan = bedǣlan

bedelfan^3 _to dig round_, _Lk_: _bury_, _Rood_; AO. [‘_bedelve_’]

bedelfung f. _digging round_, WW 149^11.

beden pp. of biddan.

bedēpan (#VPs#) = bedīpan

bedeppan = bedyppan

bedfelt mn. _bed-covering_, RB 91^16.

bedgerid n. _(ant’s) nest_, #Lcd# 118a.

+bedgiht f. _evening_, WW 117^8.

±bedhūs n. _chapel, oratory_, Æ.

+bedian _to pray, worship_, BH 408^29.

bedīcian _to surround with a dyke, embank, fortify_, #Chr# 1016#e#.

bedidrian = bedydrian

bedīeglan = bedīglian

be-dīglian (-dīhl-; ēa, ē, īe) _to conceal, hide, obscure, keep secret_, Æ: _be concealed, lie hid_.

bedīgling f. _secret place_, #RPs# 80^8.

beding = bedding

bedīolan (K) = bedīeglan

bedīpan (ē, ȳ) _to dip, immerse_: _anoint_, #CPs# 140^5.

+bedmann m. _worshipper, priest_.

bedōn _to shut_, _PPs_ 147^2. [‘_bedo_’]

bedol = bedul

±bedrǣden f. _prayer, intercession_, Æ.

bedragan v. pp. bedrōg.

bedrēaf n. _bed-clothes, bedding_, Æ.

bedreda (i, y) m. (and adj.) _‘bedridden’ (man)_, _Æ_.

bedrēf = bedrēaf

bedrēosan^2 _to overcome, deceive_? #Gen# 528, 823: _deprive of, bereave, despoil_.

bedrest = beddrest

bedrida = bedreda

bedrīfan^1 _to drive, beat, strike, assail_, AO: _follow up, pursue_: _surround, cover_.

bedrincan^3 _to drink up, absorb_, #Lcd#.

bedrīp n. _compulsory service rendered to a landowner at harvest time_, _LL_. [‘_bedrip_’]

bedrōg _beguiled_, #Gen# 602.

bedrūgian _to dry up_, #Lcd# 1·336^4.

bedryda = bedreda

bedrȳpan _to moisten_, GPH 391^18.

+bedscipe † m. _cohabitation, wedlock_.

+bedstōw f. _place of prayer, oratory_.

bedstrēaw n. _straw for bedding_, ÆL 31^572.

bedtīd f. _bed-time_, WW 176^2.

+bedtīd _time of prayer_, MH 126^18.

bed-ðegn, -ðen, m. _chamber-servant, chamberlain_, WW.

bedu f. _asking, prayer_, CP. [_Goth._ bida]

bedūfan^2 _immerse, submerge, drown_, _Æ_. [‘_bedove_’]

bedul _suppliant_, WW 180^12.

bedwāhrift n. _bed-curtain_, Ct.

bedydrian _to conceal from_, Æ: _deceive_, Æ.

bedȳfan _to immerse_, GD 73^24; #CPs# 68^16.

bedȳglan = bedīeglan

bedȳpan = bedīpan

be-dyppan (e), _to dip, immerse_, _Æ, Mt_. [‘_bedip_’]

bedyrnan _to conceal_. [dierne]

beēastan _to the east of_, AO, #Chr#.

beēastannorðan _to the north-east of_, AO.

beebbian _to leave aground by the ebb tide, strand_, #Chr# 897#a#.

beefesian _to cut off the hair_, ÆL 33^84.

beerf- = beyrf-

befædman = befæðman

befǣlon pret. 3 pl. of befēolan.

befæstan _to fasten, fix, ground, establish, make safe, put in safe keeping_, Æ, CP: _apply, utilize_: _commend, entrust to_, Æ, CP.

befæstnian (ea) _to fix_, Æ: _pledge, betroth_.

befættian _to fatten, anoint_, #LPs# 140^5.

befæðman, -mian _to encircle_, Æ.

befaran^6 _to go, go round or among, traverse, encompass, surround_, AO: _come upon, surprise, catch_, LL 230, 13, 1.

befealdan^7 _to fold, roll up, envelop, clasp, surround, involve, cover_, Æ, CP: _attach_.

befeallan I. (sv^7) _to fall_, _Mt, CP_; Æ: _deprive of, bereave of_: _fall to, be assigned to_: ‘_befall_,’ #ÆGr#. II. = befyllan

befeastnian (NG) = befæstan

befēgan _to join_, ÆL 23^425.

befelgan = befylgan

befellan = befyllan

befelðrǣd = hefeldðrǣd (#HGl# 489)

befeohtan^3 _to take by fighting_, _Rd_ 4^32. [‘_befight_’]

befēolan^3 _to put away, bury_: _deliver, grant, consign, entrust to_, _Ps_: _betake oneself to, apply oneself, devote oneself to, persist, persevere_, CP: _importune_: _put up with, be pleased with_. [‘_bifele_’]

befeolhan = befēolan

befēon _to deprive of property_, OEG 3157.

befer (eo, y) m. ‘_beaver_,’ _ÆGr_ (eo); Mdf.

befēran _to surround_, Æ: _come upon, overtake, pass by_: _go about_: _fall among_, NG.

befician _to deceive_, LL (320^24).

befīlan = befȳlan

befilgan = befylgan

befiod (#HGl# 480) pp. of befēon.

beflēan^6 _to peel, skin, flay_, _WW_. beflagen flǣsc _entrails_. [‘_beflay_’]

beflēogan^2 _to fly upon_, _BH_. [‘_befly_’]

beflēon^2 (w. a.) _to flee from, flee, escape, avoid_, _Ps_; CP. [‘_beflee_’]

beflōwan^7 _to flow round, over_, _Wif_. [‘_beflow_’]

befōn^7 _to surround, clasp, include, envelop, encase, clothe_, _Bl_; Æ, AO, CP: _comprehend, seize, attach (at law)_, _lay hold of, catch, ensnare_, _Gen_: _contain, receive, conceive_: _explain_, CP. wordum b. _tell, relate_. on b. _have to do with, engage in_. [‘_befong_’]

befor = befer

beforan I. prep. α. (w. d.) (local) _‘before,’ in front of, in the presence of_: (temporal) _before, prior to, sooner than_. β. (w. a.) _before_. II. adv. (local) _before, in front_: (temporal) _before, formerly, in former times, earlier, sooner_: _at hand, openly_.

beforhtian _to dread_, Æ 23b^525.

befōtian _to cut off one’s feet_, Æ 25^117.

befrēogan _to free, liberate_, #Ps#.

be-frīnan, -frignan^3 _to question, ask, learn_, Æ.

befrīnung f. _inquiry, investigation_, OEG 2309.

befrȳnan = befrīnan

beftan = beæftan

befullan _entirely, completely, perfectly_, CP 5^20.

befȳlan (ī) _to befoul, defile_, _Lcd_; Æ. [‘_befile_’]

befylgan _to follow after, pursue, persevere with_, #Lcd#.

befyllan I. _to fell, lay low, strike down_: (†) _take by killing, bereave, rob_. [feallan] II. _to fill up_. [full]

bēg = bēag

bēga gmfn. of bēgen.

begalan^6 _to sing incantations over, enchant_, _Lcd_; Æ. [‘_bigale_’]

begān _to go over, traverse_, _Æ_: _get to, come by, fall into_: _go to, visit, care for, cultivate_, AO: _occupy_, _Æ, BH, Lcd_: _surround_, _Chr_. ūtan b. _besiege_: _practise, do, engage in, perform, attend to, be diligent about_, Æ, CP: _honour, serve, worship_: _profess_. on borh b. _pledge oneself_, CP. [‘_bego_’]

bēgan = bīegan

begang m. †_way, course, circuit, extent_: _district, region_: _business, undertaking, practice, exercise, service, reverence, worship_: _cultivation_, GD. [= bīgeng]

beganga = bīgenga

begangan = begān

begangol (bigeong-) m.? _cultivator_, LkR: _worship_, DR.

be-gānnes, -gangnes f. _‘calendæ,’ celebration_.

begbēam m. _bramble, thorn-bush_.

bēge = bēgen

bēgea = bēga

bēgean = bīegan

begēat I. m. _attainment_, Æ: _acquisitions, property_, Æ. II. pret. 3 sg. of begēotan.

begēm- = begīm-

begēmen (#KGl#) = begīmen

bēgen nm. (but where one thing is m. and the other f. or n., the nom. is bā, bū), nf. bā, nn. bū; gmfn. bēg(e)a, bēgra; dimfn. bǣm, bām; am. bū; af. bā; an. bū _both_. v. also būtū. [‘_bo_’]

begenga = bīgenga

begēomerian _to lament_, W 75^15.

begeondan (AO, CP), begeonde, -geonan, prep. w. a. d.; and adv. _‘beyond,’ on the other side_, _Æ, Chr, Jn_.

begeotan = begietan

begēotan^2 _to pour over or upon, anoint, infuse, flood (with)_, _sprinkle, cover with fluid_, _Chr_; Æ. [‘_bigeten_’; _Ger._ begiessen]

beger n. _berry_, #Gl#.

beget = begeat pret. 3 sg. of begietan.

begeten pp. of (1) begēotan, (2) begietan.

bēgian = bēagian

begiellan^3 _to sing, celebrate_, #Seaf# 24.

begietan^5 (e, i, y) _to get, find, acquire, attain, receive, take, seize_, AO, CP: _happen_: _beget_.

begietend (e) m. _one who gets_, WW 214^25.

begīman (ȳ) _to look after, take care of_: _do service, attend_: _take heed, observe_.

begīmen f. _attention, observation_.

begīming f. _invention, device_: _observance_: _care, regard_, OEG (ȳ).

begīnan^1 _to open the mouth wide, swallow_.

beginnan^3 _to ‘begin,’_ _Æ_; AO, CP: _attempt, undertake_, Æ: _attack_, AO.

begir = beger

begirdan = begyrdan

begitan (AO, CP) = begietan

begleddian _to befoul, pollute_, Æ: _stain, dye_, Æ.

beglīdan^1 _to leave, desert_, #PPs# 56^1.

begnagan^6 _to gnaw_.

begneorð? _attentive_, BH 370^2 (?= *becneord, BT).

begnīdan^1 _to rub thoroughly_, #Lcd# 50a.

begnornian _to mourn for_, B 3179.

begong = begang

bēgra gmfn. of bēgen.

begrǣtan = begrētan

begrafan^5 _to bury_, _El_ 835. [‘_begrave_’]

begrētan _to lament_, #PPs# 77^63.

begrindan^3 † _to grind, polish, sharpen_: _deprive of, rob_.

begrīpan^1 _to grip, seize_: _chide_, _Ps_. [‘_begripe_’]

begriwen ptc. _steeped in_, Æ.

begroren _overwhelmed_, #Sat# 52.

begrornian = begnornian

begrynian _to ensnare, entrap_. [grīn]

begȳm- = begīm-

begyrdan _to gird, clothe_, Æ: _surround, fortify_, CP.

begytan = begietan

bēh = bēag, bēah

behabban _to include, hold, surround, comprehend, contain_, AO, CP: _detain, withhold_.

behādian _to unfrock (a priest)_, LL.

behæfednes f. _restraint, temperance_.

behæpsian _to fasten a door_, ÆL 31^214.

behǣs f. _promise, vow_, #Chr# 1093. [v. ‘_behest_’]

behættian _to scalp_, Æ: _make bald_.

behaldan = behealdan

behamelian _to mutilate, hamstring_, Æ: _strip naked_?

behammen _‘clavatus,’ (of shoe) patched_ (BT), _studded with nails_ (Napier), GD 37^13.

behāt n. _promise, vow_, Æ: _threat_.

behātan^7 (often w. d. pers.) _to promise, vow, pledge oneself_, _Æ_; CP: _threaten_. [‘_behight_’]

behātland n. _promised land_, GD 204^12.

behāwian _to see clearly, take care, consider_, _Mt_. [‘_bihowe_’]

behēafdian _to ‘behead,’_ _Mt_; Æ, AO.

behēafdung f. _beheading_, Æ.

behēafodlic _capital (punishment)_, OEG 4042.

behealdan^7 _to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve_, _KC_; CP: _contain_: _keep, observe, consider_, _Bl, Ps_; AO, CP: _to ‘behold,’ look at, gaze on, observe, see_, _Gen_; Æ, CP: _signify_, Æ: _avail, effect_: _take care, beware, be cautious_, CP: _act, behave_.

behealdend m. _beholder, spectator_, BH 26^23.

behealdennes f. _observance_, DR: _continence_, DR.

behealdnes f. _regard, observation_, Æ.

behēawan^7 _to cut, chip, chop, beat_, CP: _cut off from, deprive of_.

behēdan (#KGl#) = behȳdan

be-hēfe, -hēf(e)lic _suitable, proper, necessary_, Æ.

behēfnes f. _convenience, utility_.

behelan^4 _to cover over, hide_.

beheldan = behealdan

behelian _to cover over, conceal, bury_, CP.

behelmian _to cover over_, #Sol# 104.

behēofian _to lament_.

be-heonan, -heonon prep. (w. d.) and adv. _on this side of, close by_.

be-hēot, -hēt, pret. 3 sg. of behātan.

behicgan = behycgan

behīdan = behȳdan

behīdiglīce = behȳdiglīce

behienan (#Chr#) = beheonan

behildan _to depart_, #EPs# 138^19.

behindan I. prep. (w. d., a.), adv. _‘behind,’ after_, _Chr_, _etc._; CP.

be-hinon, -hionan = beheonan

behīring = behȳrung

behīwian _to dissimulate_, RBL 16^7.

behlæmman = behlemman

behlǣnan _to surround_.

behlāf f. _remainder_, Æ. [= *belāf]

behlēapan^7 _to leap upon, settle on, fix upon, devote oneself to_, CP.

behlehhan = behlyhhan

behlemman † _to dash together_.

behlīdan^1 _to close, cover over_, Æ, AO.

behliden = beliden, pp. of belīðan.

behlyhhan^6 (e) † _to deride, exult over_, _Gu_. [‘_bilaugh_’]

behlȳðan _to rob, deprive of_, #Rd# 15^10.

behōf n. _behoof, profit_: _need, want_, OEG 27^34.

behōfian (abs. and w. g.) _to have need of, require, want_, _BH, Lcd_; CP, Æ: (impers.) _it behoves, concerns, belongs, is needful or necessary_, _MtL, Jn_. [‘_behove_’]

behōflic _necessary_, _MkL_. [‘_behovely_’]

behogadnes f. _practice_, WW 427^37.

behogian _to care for_, _RB_. [‘_bihogien_’]

behogod _careful, prudent_, DR. adv. -līce.

behōn^7 _to hang round_, _CP_. [‘_behung_’]

behorsian _to deprive of horses_, #Chr#.

behrēosan^2 _to fall_: _cover, shelter_. behroren pp. _divested of_.

behrēowsian _to rue, repent of, make amends_, _Æ_: _compassionate_, Æ. [‘_bireusy_’]

behrēowsung f. _repentance, penitence_, _Æ_. [‘_bireusing_’]

behrēowsungtīd f. _time of repentance_, _Septuagesima_, Æ.

behrīman _to cover with hoarfrost_, #Wif# 48.

behringan _to surround_, CP.

behrōpan^7 _to plague, importune_, Lk 18^5.

behrūmian _to besmirch_, WW.

behrūmig _sooty_, MH 52^27.

bēhð f. _witness, sign_, #Jud# 174.

behwearf I. (eo) pret. 3 sg. of behweorfan. II. (#EPs#) = behwearft

behwearft m. _exchange_, #LPs# 43^13.

behweolfan (A) = behwylfan

behweorfan^3 _to turn, change, spread about_: _see to, arrange, prepare, treat_, Æ: _bury_, Æ.

behwerfan = behwirfan

behwirfan (e, y) _to turn, change, convert_, CP: _exchange_: _prepare, instruct, exercise_.

behwon _whence_, BH.

behwylfan _to cover, vault over_, #Ex# 426.

behwyrfan (Æ) = behwirfan

behycgan _to consider, bear in mind_: _confide, trust_ (on).

behȳdan (ī) _to conceal, shelter_, _Mt_; Æ. [‘_behide_’]

be-hȳdednes, -hȳdnes f. _concealment, secret place_.

behȳdig _careful, watchful, anxious_, Æ. adv. -hȳdiglīce, -hȳdelīce.

behȳdignes f. _solicitude, care, anxiety_. [hygdig] v. MP 1·393.

behygd- = behȳd-

behyhtan _to trust_, W 48^8.

behyldan _to flay, skin_, AO.

behylian _to cover, veil_, ÆL 33^237.

behȳpan (ē) _to surround_, BH 188^14. [hȳpe]

behȳpian _to hang up_, OEG 3322.

behȳran _to let on hire_, WW.

behȳrung f. _letting, loan_, WW.

behȳðelīce _sumptuously_, WW 513^6.

beiernan^3 (i, y) _to run up to, over, or into, incur_: _occur to_.

beigbēam = begbēam

beinnan = binnan

beinsiglian _to seal up_, RHy 6^34.

beirnan = beiernan

beiundane = begeondan

belācan^7 _to inclose_, #Rd# 61^7.

belādian _to excuse, clear_, Æ, AO, CP.

belādiendlic _apologetic, that can be excused_, OEG.

belādigend m. _apologist_, WW 332^2.

belādung f. _apology, excuse_, WW.

belǣdan _to lead astray_, _RB_. [‘_belead_’]

belǣfan _to leave, spare_: _be left, remain, survive_, _Ps_; Æ. [‘_beleave_’]

belændan = belandian

belǣðan _to make hateful, pervert_, W 47^7.

be-lǣwa (Æ), -lǣwend, m. _betrayer_.

belǣwan _to betray_, Æ.

belǣwung f. _betrayal, treachery_, Æ.

belāf I. pret. 3 sg. of belīfan. II. v. behlāf.

belandian _to deprive of lands_, #Chr#.

belcedswēora adj. _having an inflated neck_, #Rd# 79^1. [bælc]

belcentan, belcettan = bealcettan [[under “bealcan”]]

beld, beldo = bieldo

+beldan I. _to cover, bind (a book)_? JnL p188^3. II. = +bieldan

belēan^6 _to censure, reprove_: _charge with_: _dissuade, forbid, prevent_, CP.

belē- (NG) = belǣ-

belecgan _to cover, invest, surround, afflict_, _An_; AO: _attribute to, charge with, accuse_. [‘_belay_’]

belēfan = belȳfan

belendan = belandian

belene f. _henbane_.

belēogan^2 _to deceive by lying_, _GD_: (impers.) _be mistaken_. [‘_belie_’]

beleoran (A) _to pass by, pass over_.

beleorendlic _past_, DR.

belēosan^2 † _to be deprived of, lose_.

belēweda (LL 438^5) = belǣwend [[under “belǣwa”]]

belewit = bilewit

belflȳs n. _bell-wether’s fleece_, LL 451 (14).

belg (æ, i, y) m. _bag, purse, leathern bottle, pair of bellows, pod, husk_. [v. ‘_belly_’]

+belg m. _anger_: _arrogance_, RB 69^20.

belgan^3 (intr., refl.) _to be or become angry_, CP, Æ: (+) _offend, provoke_.

belgnes f. _injustice_, MtL 20^13 (bælig-).

+belh = +belg

belhring m. _bell-ringing_, RB.

belhūs = bellhūs

belibban _to deprive of life_.

belicgan^5 _to lie round, surround, hedge in, encompass_, Æ, AO.

belīfan^1 _to remain over, be left_, _Æ_; AO. [‘_belive_’]

belīfend m. _survivor_, OEG.

belīfian = belibban

belig = belg

belīman _to glue together_, #Sc# 96^19.

belimp n. _event, occurrence, affair_.

belimpan^3 _to concern, regard, belong to, conduce to_, _Bo_; CP: _happen_, _B_; Æ: _become_: (impers.) _befit_. [‘_belimp_’]

be-lisnian, -listnian _to castrate_, Æ. belisnod, -listnod pp. as sbm. _eunuch_. wæs b. ‘_stupratur_,’ #HGl# 507.

belīðan^1 † _to deprive of_. pp. beliden _departed, dead_, #An# 1087.

bell = belle

bellan^3 _to bellow, bark, grunt, roar_, _Rd_. [‘_bell_’]

belle f. ‘_bell_,’ _KC_; Æ, CP.

bellhūs n. _‘bell-house,’ belfry_, _LL, WW_.

belltācen n. _indication (sounding of the hour) by a bell_, HL 11^65.

belltīd f. _a canonical hour marked by the ringing of a bell_. (cp. belltācen)

belōcian ‘_intendere_,’ #RPs# 44^5.

belone = belene

belt m. _‘belt,’ girdle_, _WW_.

belūcan^2 _to lock, shut up, close, surround, enclose, embody_, _Bl, CP, Mt, VPs_; AO: _stop, impede, block up, choke_, Æ: _preserve, protect_: _shut out, exclude_, Æ. [‘_belouke_’]

belune = belene

belūtian _to lie hid_, GD 293^15.

belȳfan (ē) _to believe_, Æ. pp. belȳfed _having belief_.

belympan = belimpan

belyrtan (N) _to deceive, cheat_, _MtL_ 2^16. [‘_belirt_’]

belytegian _to allure, seduce_, AO 112^26. [lytig]

bemǣnan _to ‘bemoan,’ bewail, mourn over, lament_, _Æ_.

bemancian _to maim_, #Lcd# 3·214^20.

bēmare = bȳmere

bēme = bīeme

bemeldian _to disclose, reveal, denounce_.

bēmere = bȳmere

bemetan^5 _to estimate, account, consider_, _AO_. [‘_bemete_’]

bemīðan^1 _to hide, conceal_, CP: _lie hid_.

be-murcian, -murcnian, _to murmur at, grumble over_, AO 48^17.

bemurnan^3 (also wk.) _to mourn, bewail, deplore, be sorry for_: _care for, take heed for_.

bemūtian _to change, exchange for_, #Gu# 42. [_L._ mutare]

bemyldan _to bury_, WW. [molde]

ben = benn

bēn I. f. (±) _prayer, request_, _Lk_; AO, CP: _compulsory service_, LL 447 (v. 2·418, Fron.). [‘_bene_’] II. pret. 3 sg. of bannan.

bēna m., bēne f. _suitor, petitioner_, AO.

benacian _to lay bare_. [nacod]