Chapter 9

benǣman (ē) _to take away, deprive of, rob of_, Æ, AO. [niman]

benc f. ‘_bench_,’ _B_.

bencian _to make benches_, LL 455 (13).

bencsittend † m. _one who sits on a bench_.

bencswēg ‡ m. _bench-rejoicing, sound of revelry_, B 1161.

bencðel † n. _bench-board, wainscotted space where benches stand_, _B_. [v. ‘_theal_’]

bend mfn. (+b. MtL) _bond, chain, fetter_, _BH, Bl, Mt, Ps_; CP: _band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown_, _WW_. [‘_bend_’]

bēndagas mpl. _days of prayer_, ‘_dies rogationum_,’ A 8·329^26.

±bendan _to bend (a bow)_, _Ps_: _bind, fetter_, _Chr_. [‘_bend_’]

bendfeorm = bēnfeorm

beneah (pret. pres. vb.) pl. benugon, pret. benohte _to have at one’s disposal, possess, enjoy_: _require_.

beneced = benacod pp. of benacian.

benēman = benǣman

benemnan _to name_: _stipulate, settle, declare, asseverate_.

benēotan^2 † _to deprive of, rob_.

beneoðan (i, y) prep. w. d. _‘beneath,’ under, below_.

bēnfeorm f. _harvest feast_? _bean-feast_? _food required from a tenant_? (BT), LL 452´.

bengeat n. _wound-gash_, B 1121.

benīdan _to compel_? A 9·110.

beniman^4 _to take, assume, obtain_, AO: _take away from, deprive of, bereave, rob_, _BH, Bo, Gen_; AO, CP: _contain_: _catch, apprehend_. [‘_benim_’]

beniming f. _deprival_, WW (bi-).

beniðan = beneoðan

bēnlic (oe) _that may be entreated_, DR. adv. -līce _beseechingly_, DR.

benn † f. _wound, mortal injury_. [bana]

bēnn pret. 3 sg. of bannan.

benne f. _reed-grass_, BC (Mdf).

±bennian † _to wound_.

benohte v. beneah.

benorðan _in the north, northwards (of)_.

benoten pp. of benēotan.

benotian _to use, consume_, _ChrB_. [‘_benote_’]

bēnrīp n. _compulsory service rendered to a landowner at harvest time_, LL 448. [cp. bedrīp]

±bēnsian _to pray, supplicate_, BH.

benst pres. 2 sg. of bannan.

bēntīd f. _prayer time, rogation days_, #Men# 75.

bēntigðe, bēntīð(ig)e _granting requests, gracious_, #LPs#: _obtaining requests, successful_, #Chr#.

benð pres. 3 sg. of bannan.

benugon v. beneah.

bēnyrð f. _ploughing required from a tenant_, LL 448 (5,2).

benyðan = beneoðan

bēo I. f. nap. bēon; dp. bēo(u)m ‘_bee_,’ _Ps_; Æ. II. pres. 1 sg. of bēon.

bēobrēad n. _honey with the comb_.

bēoce = bēce

bēoceorl m. _bee-master, bee-keeper_, LL 448[5].

bēocere m. _bee-keeper_, LL. [_MHG._ bīkar]

+beod = +bed

bēod m. _table_, _Mt_: _bowl, dish_. [‘_beod_’]

bēodærn n. _refectory, dining-room_, Æ (-ern). on bēoderne _at table_.

beodan = bidon pret. pl. of bīdan.

±bēodan^2 _to command, decree, summon_, Æ, AO, CP. b. ūt _call out (an army)_, _banish_: _declare, inform, announce, proclaim_, _Gu, LL_: _threaten_: _offer, proffer, give, grant, surrender_, _Æ, Gen_; AO: (refl.) _show oneself, behave_: _exact, collect_. [‘_bid_,’ ‘_i-bede_’]

bēodbolle f. _table-bowl_, #Gl#.

bēodclāð m. _‘gausape,’ table-cloth, carpet_, #ÆGr# 34^8.

bēoddern = bēodærn

bēoddian _to do joiner’s work_, LL 455 (13).

bēodend m. _preceptor_, CM 967.

bēodendlic = bebēodendlic

bēodern (Æ) = bēodærn

bēodfæt n. _table-vessel, cup_, WW 204^25.

bēodfers n. _grace at meal-time_.

bēodgæst m. _table-companion_, #An# 1090.

bēodgenēat † m. _table-companion_.

bēodgereordu np. _feast_, #Gen# 1518.

bēod(h)rægl n. _table-cloth_, WW 126^33.

bēodlāfa fp. _table-leavings_, #Bl# 53^13.

bēodland n. _land from which the table of monasteries, etc., was supplied, glebe-land_, Ct.

bēodlēs f. _table-allowance_, TC 474^6.

bēodrēaf n. _table-cloth_, TC 530^36.

bēod-scēat n., -scȳte m. _table-napkin, towel_, WW 449^22.

bēodwyst f. _a table with food on it_, #LPs# 22^5. [wist]

beofer = beofor

beofian = bifian

beofor (e, y) m. _beaver_.

beoft redupl. pret. of bēatan; beoftadon is from a later wk. *beoftian (ES 38·28).

beofung = bifung

bēogang m. _swarm of bees_, WW.

+bēogol (ȳ) _submissive, obedient_: _forgiving_, Æ. [būgan]

bēohāta m. _chief_? _prince_? #Ex# 253?

beolone = belene

bēom I. dp. of bēo I. II. = bēam. III. = bēo pres. 1 sg. of bēon.

bēomōder f. _queen-bee_, OEG.

bēon I. anv. [conj. in full (WS and A) Wt 548] _to be, exist, become, happen_. b. ymbe _to have to do with_. b. of _to be gone_. (v. also eom, wesan.) II. nap. of bēo I.

bēona gp. of bēo I.

bēonbrēad = bēobrēad

bēonbroð n. _mead_? (or? bēanbroð ES 38·302).

bēonnon pret. pl. of bannan.

bēor n. _strong drink_, _‘beer,’ mead_, _Lk_ (v. A 27·495). [bēow]

+bēor m. _pot-companion, guest_, Æ.

beora = bearu

±beoran = beran

bēorbyden f. _beer-barrel_, LL 455 (17).

beorc I. (e, i, y) f. _birch_, Mdf: _name of the rune for =b=_. II. (±) n. _barking_.

beorcan^3 (tr.) _to ‘bark,’_ _CP_: (intr.) _bark at_, _Lcd_.

beorce = beorc

beorcen (i, y) _of birch_.

beorcragu (e^1) f. _lichen from a birch-tree_, #Lcd# 99b.

beorcrind (e^1) f. _birch-bark_, #Lcd# 119b.

beord (BH 392^27) = bord

bēordræst(e) f. _dregs of beer_, #Lcd#.

beorg m. _mountain, hill_, _Lk, AO_; Mdf: _mound, tumulus_, _‘barrow,’ burial place_, _Æ, Lcd_.

+beorg n. _protection, defence, refuge_, W.

beorgælfen f. _orcad_.

±beorgan I. sv^3 (w. d.) _to save, deliver, preserve, guard, defend, fortify, spare_, _An, Ps_; AO, CP: (w. refl. d.) _beware of, avoid, guard against_. [‘_bergh_’] II. = byrgan II.

beorg-hlið n. nap. -hleoðu _mountain-height, mountain-slope_.

+beorglic _fitting, profitable_, LL, W: _safe, prudent_, Æ.

beorgseðel n. _mountain dwelling_. [setl]

beorgstede m. _mound_.

±beorh I. == beorg. II. imperat. of beorgan.

beorhlēode (WW 178^41) = burglēode

+beorhnes f. _refuge_, #CPs# 30^3.

+beorhstōw f. _place of refuge_, #PPs# 31^8.

beorht (e, y) I. _‘bright,’ shining, brilliant, light, clear_, _Bo, El, Gu_: _clear-sounding, loud_, _Cra_: _excellent, distinguished, remarkable, beautiful, magnificent, noble, glorious_, _PPs_: _pure, sublime, holy, divine_. II. n. _brightness, gleam, light_. ēagan b. _twinkling of an eye_: _sight_.

beorhtan = bierhtan

beorhtblōwende _bright-blooming_, #Lcd# 1·404^9.

beorhte _brightly, brilliantly, splendidly_: _clearly, lucidly, distinctly_, CP.

beorhthwīl (OEG) = bearhtmhwīl

beorhtian _to glisten, shine_, _BH, Ps_: _to sound clearly_, _B_: _to make bright_, _VPs_. [‘_bright_’]

+beorhtian = +beorhtnian

beorhtlic _brilliant, clear, shining, splendid_. adv. -līce, _Mk_; Æ. [‘_brightly_’]

beorhtm = bearhtm

beorhtnes f. _‘brightness,’ clearness, splendour, beauty_, _JnL, Lk_; CP.

±beorhtnian (e) _to grow bright_, OEG 534: _glorify_.

beorhtrodor m. _shining heavens_, #Ex# 94.

beorhtte (= *beorgihte) pl. _mountainous_, AO 10^25.

beorhtu = bierhtu

beorhtword (y^1) _clear-voiced_, #Sat# 238.

bēorhyrde m. _cellarer, butler_, #Cra# 75.

beorm- = bearm-

beorma m. _‘barm,’ yeast, leaven_, _Mt_.

+beormad _leavened_, MtR 13^33.

beorn I. † m. _man_: _noble, hero, chief, prince, warrior_, _B, Ma_: _rich man_, #Run# 12. [‘_berne_’] II. = barn pret. 3 sg. of biernan. III. = bearn

beornan (#VPs#) = biernan

beorncyning m. _lord of heroes_, B 2148.

beorne = byrne

Beornice mp. _Bernicians_, _inhabitants of part of Northumbria_.

beorning (= ie) f. _incense_, LkL 1^11.

beornðrēat m. _troop of men_, #Pa# 50.

beornwiga m. †_warrior, hero_.

bēorscealc _reveller, feaster_, B 1240.

±bēorscipe, m. _feast, banquet, revel_, Æ, CP.

bēorsele † m. _beer-hall, banqueting hall_.

bēorsetl n. _ale-bench_, #Jul# 687.

beorswinig (NG) = bærsynnig

bēorðegu † f. _beer-drinking_.

beorð fn? _birth_: _the thing born_. [[from first edition]]

-beorðling (ie) v. hyse-b. [[headword spelled “hyseberðling”]]

±beorðor (e, o, u, y) n. _child-bearing, child-birth_: _what is born, foetus, offspring_.

beorðorcwelm m. _abortion_, WW 348^23.

beoruh = beorg

beosmrian = bismrian [[redirected to “bismerian”]]

bēost m. _beestings, the first milk of a cow after calving_, _WW_: _swelling (of the ground)_? v. Mdf. [‘_beest_’]

beosu = basu

±bēot I. n. _boastful speech, boast, threat_, _Æ, Gen_. on b. _boastfully_: _promise, vow_, AO: _command_: _peril, danger_, #Da# 265. [= behāt; ‘_beot_,’ ‘_i-beot_’] II. pret. 3 sg. of bēatan.

beotian = botian

±bēotian _to threaten_, _Jul_: _boast, vow, promise_, AO. [‘_beoten_’]

±bēotlic _arrogant, exulting, boastful, threatening_, Æ. adv. -līce.

bēotmæcg m. _leader_, #Da# 265.

bēoton pret. pl. of bēatan.

bēotung f. _threatening_.

bēotword † n. _boast_: _threat_.

bēoðēof m. _bee-thief_, LL 54[9,2].

bēoum dp. of bēo.

bēow n. _barley_, #Gl#.

bēowan = bȳwan

bēowyrt f. _bee-wort, sweet flag_, #Lcd#.

bepǣcan _to deceive, cheat, seduce_, _Mt_; Æ. [‘_bipeche_’]

bepǣcend m. _deceiver_, Æ.

bepǣcestre f. _whore_, #ÆGr# 175^9.

bepǣcung f. _deception_, OEG.

beprīwan (ē) _to wink_, #Bo#, W.

bēr (NG) = bǣr

bera m. ‘_bear_,’ _Æ_.

beræccan = bereccan

berǣdan _to deprive, take by treachery, rob_: _betray_, Æ: _deliberate on_: _get the better of_.

berǣsan _to rush upon or into_, Æ, CP.

±beran (eo) _to ‘bear,’ carry, bring, take away, carry out, extend_, _B_; Æ, AO, CP: _bring forth, produce_, _Bl, Mt, Gen_ (and v. ‘_ibere_’). berende _fruitful_. +boren _born, own (by birth)_: (with ūp) _set forth, open (a case)_, #Chr# 1052#e#: _wear_, _AO_: _endure, support, sustain_, _LL, Mt_; CP.

berascin n. _bear-skin_, EC 250.

+berbed _vermiculated_, DR 4^3.

ber-bēne, -bīne f. _verbena_, #Lcd#.

berc == beorc

+berd- = +byrd-

+bēre = +bǣre

bere m. _barley_, _JnLR_; Æ. [‘_bear_’]

bereærn n. ‘_barn_,’ _LkL_. [bere, ærn]

berēafere m. _despoiler_, OEG 46^36.

berēafian _to ‘bereave,’ deprive of, take away, seize, rob, despoil_, _Bo_; Æ, AO.

berēafigend m. _despoiler, robber_.

berebrytta m. _barn-keeper_, LL 451 (17).

berēcan _to cause to smoke, smoke_ (tr.), #Lcd# 1·106^16.

bereccan _to relate_: _excuse or justify oneself_, CP.

berecorn n. _barley-corn_.

+bered _crushed_, WW: _harassed, oppressed_, NG.

berēfian (#KGl#) = berēafian

bereflōr m. _barn-floor, threshing-floor_, _LkL_. [v. ‘_bear_’]

beregafol n. _rent paid in barley_, LL 116 (59^1). [cp. gafolbære]

beregræs n. _barley-grass, fodder_, WW 148^26.

berehalm n. _barley haulm, straw_, #Lcd# 157a.

bereland (ber-) _barley land_, KC 3·367^9.

beren I. _of barley_, Æ. II. = biren. III. = bereærn

berend m. _bearer, carrier_, #Gl#.

berendan _to peel, take off husk_, #Lcd#.

berende v. beran.

berendlīce _with fecundity_, DR 32^8.

berendnes f. _fertility_, DR 108^11.

berenhulu f. _barley-husk_, #Sc# 95^19.

berēnian _to bring about_, #Ex# 147: _ornament, mount (with silver)_, KC 6·101^22.

berēocan^2 _to fumigate_, LL (164^5).

berēofan^2 † _to bereave, deprive, rob of_.

berēotan^2 _to bewail_, #Hell# 6.

berēowsian = behrēowsian

-berere v. wæter-b. [[under “wæterberend”]]

berern (NG) = bereærn

beresǣd n. _barley_, BH 366^27.

beretūn m. _barley-inclosure, threshing-floor, barn_, _MtL_; Æ. [‘_barton_’]

berewæstm m. _barley-crop_, #Lcd# 1·402^6.

berewīc f. _barley-yard, demesne farm_, _TC_. [‘_berewick_’]

berg = (1) bearg, (2) beorg

berg- = beri-, byrg-

berh = bearh pret. 3 sg. of beorgan.

berht = beorht

berht- = beorht-, bierht-

berhtm- = breahtm-

berian I. _to make bare, clear_, B 1239. [bær] II. = byrgan II.

+berian = +byrian

bericge = bearrige

berīdan^1 _to ride round, surround, besiege_, _LL_: _overtake, seize, capture, occupy_, #Chr#. [‘_beride_’]

berie f. ‘_berry_,’ _Lcd_: _grape_, _Æ_.

berig I. n. _berry_, #RPs# 77^47. II. = byrig, ds. of burg.

berigdrenc m. _drink made of mulberries_, WW 114^22.

berige = berie

berigea = byrga

be-rindan, -rindran _to strip off bark, peel_.

berinnan^3 _to run upon, run over, wet, bedew_, _Cr_ 1176. [‘_berun_’]

berland = bereland

bern = bereærn

bern- = bærn-, biern-

bernan (#VPs#) = bærnan

bernhus n. _barn_, GD 68^22. [= beren-]

berōfon (pret. pl. of *berafan or *berebban) _despoiled_, #Gen# 2078.

berōwan^7 _to row round_, #Chr# 897#a#.

berst = byrst

+berst n. _bursting, eruption_, W 186^7.

±berstan^3 intr. (tr. at #Rd# 2^8) _to break_, _‘burst,’ fail, fall_, _B, Lcd, Ma_; Æ, AO: _break away from, escape_: _break to pieces, crash, resound_.

berthwīl = beorhthwīl

bertūn = beretūn

berð- = beorð-, byrð-

+bēru = +bǣru

berūmod = behrūmod, pp. of behrūmian.

berunnen pp. of berinnan.

berwe ds. of bearu.

berwinde f. _‘bearbind,’ navel-wort_, WW 300^19.

berȳfan _to deprive_, #Mod# 63. [rēaf]

berȳpan _despoil of, strip, spoil, plunder, rob_, Æ.

besǣgan _to sink_, GPH 388^85.

besæncan = besencan

besǣtian _to lay wait for_, AO 146^11.

besārgian _to lament, bewail, be sorry for, pity_, Æ. [sārig]

besārgung f. _compassion_, Æ.

[[Entry before author’s corrections: besārgung f. _sorrowing_, VHy: _compassion_, Æ.]]

besāwan^7 _to sow_, Æ.

bescēad (bi-) n. _distinction_.

bescēadan^7 _to separate, discriminate_: _scatter, sprinkle over_, #Lcd# 20b.

besceadian (_Sol_ 339) = besceaduwian

besceaduwian, _to overshadow_, #RPs# 139^8. [‘_beshade_’]

besceafan^6 _to scrape thoroughly_, #Lcd# 143b.

bescēan pret. 3 sg. of bescīnan.

besceatwyrpan ‘_despondi_,’ v. OEG 1^4555; 2^346; ES 42·170.

bescēawere m. _observer_, DHy 24^15

bescēawian _to look round upon, survey, contemplate, consider, watch_, Æ, AO: _look to, care for_. bescēawod _cautious, careful_, #Lcd# 3·436^11.

besceawiendlic _contemplative_, OEG 991.

bescēawodnes f. _vision, sight_.

bescēawung f. _contemplation_.

besceddan = besceadan [[headword spelled “bescēadan”]]

bescencan _to give to drink_, #Gu# 596.

besceofan = bescūfan

besceoren (WW 217^24) = bescoren pp. of bescieran.

bescēotan^2 _to shoot into, plunge into, implant_: _happen, occur_, AO.

be-sceran, -scerwan = bescieran

bescerian = bescierian

bescieran^4 _to shear, shave, cut hair, give the tonsure_, _Æ, AO_. [‘_beshear_’]

bescierednes (y^2) f. _deprivation_, WW 351^13.

bescierian _to separate from, deprive of_, #Chr#: _defraud_.

bescīnan^1 _to shine upon, light up, illuminate_, _Rd_; Æ. [‘_beshine_’]

besciran = bescieran

bescirian = bescierian

bescītan^1 _to befoul_, WW 507^28.

bescrēadian _to scrape off, clean off_, ES 42·171.

bescrepan^5 _to scrape_, #Lcd# 101a.

bescūfan^2 _to shove, impel, thrust down, hurl, throw_, Æ, AO: _force_, Æ.

bescȳlan _to look askance_, #Bo# 121^30. [sceol]

bescyr- = bescier-

besēcan _to beseech, beg urgently_, MF (Vesp. D xiv).

besecgan _to announce, introduce_: _defend, excuse oneself_: (w. on) _accuse_, Æ.

beselian = besylian

besellan _to surround, cover (over)_: _hand over_.

besema = besma

besencan _to cause to sink, submerge, immerse, drown_, _Bl, Mt_; AO, CP: _plunge into (fire)_, GD 317. [‘_besench_’]

besendan _to send_, Æ.

besengan _to singe, burn_, AO.

besēon I. sv^5 (tr., intr. and refl.) _to see, look, look round, behold_, _Æ, Mk, Ps_; AO: _look after, go to see, visit_: _provide for_. b. tō _look upon, have regard to_, CP. [‘_besee_’] II. sv^1 _to suffuse_, #Cr# 1088.

besēoðan _to boil down_, #Lcd#.

besēowian (ī, ȳ) _to sew together, sew up_, _Ep_. [‘_besew_’]

be-serian, -serwan = besierwan

besettan _to put, place, set near, appoint_, Æ: _own, keep, occupy_: _‘beset,’ cover, surround with, adorn_, _B_; CP, Æ: _besiege, invest_, _An_: _institute, set going_.

besīdian _to regulate the size of anything_, RB 89^18. [sīd]

besierwan _to ensnare, surprise, deceive, defraud, oppress_, AO. [searu]

besīgan (on) _to rush_, v. OEG 4126.

besilfran _to silver_, #VPs# 67^14.

besincan^3 (intr.) _to sink_, _AO_. [‘_besink_’]

besingan^3 _to sing of, bewail_: _sing charms, enchant_, Æ.

besirwan (AO, CP) = besierwan

besittan^5 _to sit round, surround, beset, besiege_, _Chr_; AO: _hold council_: _occupy, possess_. [‘_besit_’]

besīwian = besēowian

beslǣpan^7 _to sleep_, LL (284^3).

beslēan^6 _to strike, beat, cut off, take away, deprive by violence_, Æ.

beslēpan _to slip on, cover, impose, put on, clothe_.

beslītan^1 † _to slit, tear_.

besma m. _‘besom,’ broom, rod_, _AO, Mt_.

besmēagan _to consider about, inquire into_, ÆL 23b^633.

+bēsmed _curved_, WW 515^9. [bōsm]

bēsming f. _curve, curvature_, WW. [bōsm]

besmirwan _to ‘besmear,’_ WW.

besmītan^1 _to soil, defile, pollute, dishonour_, _Bl_; Æ, CP. [‘_besmit_’]

besmitenes f. _soil, stain, defilement, degradation, dirtiness_, Æ.

besmittian _to defile_.

besmiðian _to work (in metal)_, _forge, surround with forged work_.

besmocian _to smoke, envelop with incense_, ANS 84·3.

besmyred = besmirwed pp. of besmirwan.

besnǣdan † _to cut, mutilate_.

besnīwian _to cover with snow_, _WW_. [‘_besnow_’]

be-snyðian, -snyððan † _to rob, deprive of_.

besolcen _stupefied, dull, sluggish, inactive, slow_, CP.

besorg _dear, beloved_, Æ.

besorgian _to regret_: _be anxious about, dread, shrink from_, Æ.

besorh = besorg

bespǣtan _to spit upon_, ÆH 2·248^24.

bespanan^6 _to lead astray, entice, incite, urge, persuade_, AO.

besparrian _to bar, shut_, #Gl#.

bespirian = bespyrigan

besprecan^5 _to speak about_, _AO_: _speak against, accuse of_, _Ps_: _claim at law_, _LL_: _complain_. [‘_bespeak_’]

besprengan _to besprinkle_, _Lcd_. [‘_bespreng_’]

bespyrigan _to track, trace_, LL.

best adv. (used as superl. of wel) _best, most_.

besta, beste wk. forms of superl. adj. betst.

bestǣlan (ē) _to lay a charge against, convict_.

bestæppan^6 _to tread upon, step, go, enter_, Æ.

bestandan^6 _to stand round or about, beset, surround_, _Æ_: _attend to_, Æ: _beset, harass_, _Jn_. [‘_bestand_’]

bestealcian _to move stealthily, steal, ‘stalk,’_ ÆL 32^40. [stealc]

bestefnod ptc. _provided with a fringe_, WW 375^41.

bestelan^4 _to move stealthily, steal away, steal upon_, _AO, LL_; Æ, CP: (†) _deprive_. [‘_besteal_’]

bestēlan = bestǣlan

bestēman = bestȳman

bestēpan (= i) _to deprive of (children)_, GD 76^18.

bestingan^3 _to thrust in, push_, Æ.

bestrēdan _to bestrew, cover_, BH 154^27 (#b#).

bestrēowian _to ‘bestrew,’ besprinkle_, _Æ_.

bestreððan _to bestrew, cover over_.

bestrīcan^1 _to make a stroke_, #Lcd# 186b. [strīca] [[headword spelled “strica”]]

bestrīdan^1 _to ‘bestride,’ mount_, _Æ_.

bestrīpan _to strip, plunder, despoil_.

bestrūdan^7 _to spoil, plunder, rob_.

bestrȳpan = bestrīpan

bestryððan = bestreððan

bestuddian _to be careful for, trouble about_, #Kl# 14^6.

bestȳman (e) _to bedew, wet, flood_, B 486. [stēam]

bestyrian _to heap up_, _BH_. [‘_bestir_’]

bestyrman _to agitate_, #Bo# 9^11.

besu = basu

besūpan^2 _to sup up, swallow_, #Lcd# 113b.

besūtian _to besmirch_, GPH 403^26.

besūðan = be sūðan

beswǣlan _to burn, singe, scorch_, Æ.

beswǣpan = beswāpan

beswǣtan _to sweat, toil_, #Sc# 111^14.

beswāpan^7 _to clothe, cover over, veil, protect_, CP: _persuade_, _BH_. [‘_beswape_’]

beswelgan _to swallow up_, #EPs# 106^27; 123^3.

beswemman _to make to bathe_, #Bo# 115^8.

beswencan _to afflict_, #CPs# 68^18.

besweðian _to swathe, wrap up, wind round_.

beswic n. _treachery, deceit_, AO (bī-), CP: _snare_.

beswica (bī-) m. _deceiver_.

beswican^1 _to deceive, seduce, betray, circumvent, frustrate_, _Bl, Mt_; AO, CP: _to overcome, supplant_, AO. [‘_beswike_’]

beswīcend m. _deceiver, seducer_, #Gl#.

beswicenes f. _deception_: _surrender_.

beswicfalle f. _trap_, #Gl#.

beswician _to escape, be free from_, BH.

beswicol _deceitful_, CP 238^16. (bi-)

beswīcung f. _deception_, WW.

beswincan^3 _to toil, exert oneself, make with toil_, _Jn_: _till, plough_, Æ. beswuncen _exhausted, tired out_. [‘_beswink_’]

beswingan^3 _to flog, scourge, beat, strike_, _Æ_; CP. [‘_beswinge_’]

beswylian _to drench, flood_, #Rood# 23. [swilian]

besyftan _to sprinkle_, ÆL 23^165. [siftan]

besylfran = besilfran

besylian _to sully, defile, stain_, Æ.

besyr-ewian, -i(a)n = besierwan

bet adv. _better_, #Bo#. [‘_bet_’]

-bēta v. dǣd-b.

betācnian _to ‘betoken,’ designate_.

betǣcan (w. d.) _to make over, give up to, impart, deliver, entrust, commend to_, _Æ, Lk_; AO, CP: _appoint (for)_, _set apart as, dedicate_: _show, point out_, _Lk_: _give orders_, RB 130^4: _pursue, hunt_, WW 92^28. [‘_beteach_’]

±bētan _to amend, repair, restore, cure_, CP: _make good, make amends, remedy, compensate, atone, pay_ ‘bōt’ _for an offence_, _Æ, Mt, Lcd_; AO, CP: _attend to (fire or light)_, _AO_. ðurst b. _quench thirst_. [bōt; ‘_beet_’ vb.]

betast = betst

betboren _of higher birth_, LL.

bēte f. _‘beet,’ beetroot_, _Lcd_. [_L._ beta]

-bēte v. twi-b.

bētel = (1) bīetl; (2) bītol [[second reference ambiguous]]

beteldan^3 † _to cover, hem in, surround_: _overload, oppress_.

betellan _to speak about, answer, defend oneself (against a charge)_, _exculpate oneself_, _Chr_; Æ.

bētend m. _restorer_, #Ruin# 28.

+bētendnes f. _amendment_, OEG 58^6.

betēon^1,2 _to cover, surround, enclose_, _AO_; Æ, CP: _dispose of, bestow, bequeath_: _impeach, accuse_. [‘_betee_’]

betera ‘_better_,’ _AO, Mk_. followed by g. = _better in respect of...._

-bētere v. dǣd-b. [[under “dǣdbēta”]]

±beterian _to ‘better,’ improve_, _CP_: _trim (lamp)_, GD.

beterring f. _improvement_, Æ.

betest = betst

betiēnan = betȳnan

betihtlian _to accuse_, LL.

betillan = betyllan

betimbran _to construct, build_, _B_. [‘_betimber_’]

betīnan = betȳnan

bēting = bǣtung

bētl = bīetl

betlic † _grand, excellent_.

bētnes f. _reparation, atonement_, LL (264^16).

betoce = betonice

betogenes f. _accusation_, LL.

betolden pp. of beteldan.

betonice f. ‘_betony_,’ _Lcd_.

betost = betst

betr- = beter-

betræppan = betreppan

betredan^5 _to tread upon, cover_, #CPs# 138^10.

betrendan _to roll_, ES 37·180.

betreppan _to entrap, catch_, _Chr_. [‘_betrap_’]

be-trymman, -trymian _to enclose, surround, besiege_.

betst I. superl. adj. _‘best,’ first_, _AO, Chr, Cr_; CP. as sb. _people of position_, _WW, Chr_. II. adv. _in the best manner, most_.

betstboren _best-born, eldest_.

bett == bet

be-tuh, -tuoxn (CP), -tux = betwux

betuldon pret. pl. of beteldan.

+bētung f. _repair, maintenance_, LL.

betwēnan = betwēonan

betweoh, betweohs = betwux

betwēonan, betwēonum I. prep. w. g. d. a. _between, among, amid, in the midst_, _Ps, Bl_. II. adv. ‘_between_,’ _BH_: _in the meantime, meanwhile_: _in turn, by turns_, CM (-twȳn-).

betweox, betweoxn, betwih(s) = betwux

betwīn- = betwēon-

betwīnforlētnes f. _intermission_, DR.

betwux (Æ, AO, CP) betwuht, betwix, betwux(t), betwisc prep. w. d. a. _between, among, amongst, amidst, during_. b. ðisum _meanwhile_. b. ðǣm ðe _whilst_. [‘_betwixt_’]

betwuxālegednes f. _interjection_, #ÆGr# 278^2.

betwuxāworpennes f. _interjection_, #ÆGr# 10^20.

betwuxblinnes (twih) f. _intermission_, DR 12^3.

betwuxfæc (yx) _internal_, OEG 3861.

betwuxgangan^7 (twih) _to go between_, #VPs# 28^7.

betwuxgangende (twih) _separating_.

betwuxgesett _interposed_.

betwuxlicgan^5 (twih) _to lie between_, BH 72^10.

betwuxsendan _to send between_.

betwuxt, -twyh, -twyx(t) = betwux

betȳhtlian = betīhtlian [[headword spelled “betihtlian”]]

betyllan _to allure, decoy_, BH 358^4.

betȳnan (ī, īe) _to hedge in, enclose, shut, bury_, AO, CP: _end_, BH. [tūn]

betȳnung f. _conclusion_, OEG 3210.

betyran _to pitch, stain a dark colour_. [teoru]

betyrnan _to turn round_: _prostrate oneself_, RB.

beð I. = bið pres. 3 sg. of bēon. II. = bæð

beðæncan = beðencan

beðan = beðian

beðearfende _needy, indigent_, #KGl# 708.

beðearflic _profitable_, ÆL 23b^242.

beðearfod _needy_, ES 8·474^50.

beðeccan _to cover, protect, cover over, conceal_.

beðen = beðung

beðencan _to consider, remember, take thought for, take care of, care for_, _Gu_: (refl.) _reflect_, _‘bethink’ oneself_, _Lk_; Æ: _trust, confide in, entrust to_, AO.

be-ðenian, -ðennan _to cover, stretch on or upon, spread over_.

beðēodan _to be joined (to)_, _adhere (to)_, RB 134^20.

beðerscan _to winnow, thrash_, #PPs# 43^7.

beðettan _to bathe_, #Lcd# 3·90^15 (A 30·397).

±beðian _to heat, warm, foment_, _Lcd_; Æ: _cherish_. [‘_beath_’]

beðrāwan^7 _to twist_, GPH 391^16.

beðridian _to circumvent, overcome, force_, AO.

beðringan^3 † _to encircle, encompass_: _beset, oppress, burden_.

beðryccan _to press down_, #Cr# 1446.

beðrydian, beðryððan = beðridian

beðrȳn _to press_, NC 273.

beðuncan (#Rd# 49^7) = beðencan

beðung f. _bathing, bath, fomentation, cataplasm_, _Lcd_; CP, Æ. [‘_beathing_’; bæð]