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_pp._ =betawht=, vi. 2411, viii. 120, deliver.

=bethenke=, _v.a.n._ PP. 101, _pret._ =bethoghte=, vi. 1165, _pp._ =bethoght=, iv. 142, think of, remember; _refl._ =he him bethoghte=, i. 798, _cp._ i. 2116, =bethoughte hire=, v. 3423; =I am bethoght=, i. 1267, =this I am bethoght=, iii. 1250, =bethoght=, ii. 2906.

=Bethincia=, v. 1141.

=bethrowe=, _pp._ vi. 114.

=betide=, =betyde=, _v.n._ i. 149, 2265, iv. 1024, 1779, _3 s.pres._ =betitt=, ii. 1997, _pret._ =betidde=, =betydde=, ii. 2463, vi. 1607, =betidd=, vii. 4381, _pp._ =betid=, P. 182, v. 2101, =betidd=, iii. 473, v. 6254, happen, come to pass.

=betokne=, _v.a._ P. 594, 628, i. 2888, ii. 731, vii. 1757 ff.; _v.n._ ii. 1804, vii. 4518.

=betraie=, _v.a._ i. 1079, ii. 1181, viii. 1923.

=betrappe=, _v.a._ iii. 1358, vii. 4915.

=betre=, =bettre=, _a._ P. 352, i. 1556, 2424, iv. 37; _subst._ =the betre=, v. 7393: _adv._ P. 543, i. 720, =the betre=, i. 1543: _cp._ =bet=.

=betwen=, =betuen=, _prep._ P. 18, i. 2164, ii. 411, 653, v. 5025, 5718, =hem betwene (betuene)=, P. 790, 1000, v. 3062: _adv._ =betwene=, ii. 942.

=betyde=, _see_ =betide=.

=bewake=, _v.a._ v. 3498, 6611, watch, watch through.

=bewar=, _v.imperat._ (= be war), ii. 571, iii. 1496, 1738, v. 6048.

=beware=, _v.a._ P. 394, ii. 3066, 3359, iii. 2219, vii. 2518, spend, employ.

=beweile=, _v.refl._ i. 972, iv. 2958.

=bewelde=, _v.refl._ iii. 990, vii. 510, viii. 3041*, have power over (oneself).

=bewepe=, _v.a._ iv. 1565, vii. 2888.

=bewhape=, _v.a._ vi. 80, vii. 4267, viii. 2219, (_pp._ =bewhapid=, viii. 2955), bewilder, amaze.

=bewounde=, _v.a.pp._ v. 5008, viii. 1178.

=bewreie=, _v.a._ ii. 1530, v. 701, 2940, viii. 454, _pp._ =bewreid=, v. 6785, reveal, expose.

=bewympled=, _pp._ v. 6913.

=beyelpe (ȝ)=, _v.refl._ vii. 2096, boast (oneself).

=beyende (ȝ)=, _prep._ i. 424.

=beyete (ȝ)=, _s._ P. 304, 784, i. 1194, 2684, ii. 2355, iv. 1709, gain, property, possession.

=bible=, _s._ P. 354, i. 2788, iv. 1960, 2655, v. 7025, vii. 2527, 3624, viii. 224.

=bidde=, _v.a.n._ P. 458, i. 884, 934, 1556, =bidde his bede=, v. 6985, _3 s.pres._ =bit=, i. 1310, iv. 1161, =bidt=, iv. 1162, 2802, _pret._ =bad=, P. 45*, i. 157, 1535, 2902, ii. 1140, =badd=, vi. 1735, _pl._ =bede=, i. 2048, iii. 750, =biede=, viii. 1507, _pret. subj._ =bede=, iv. 2905, vi. 1356, _imperat._ =bidd=, iv. 1434, v. 7588, _pp._ =bede=, i. 813, 841, iii. 1557, =beden=, i. 2520; bid, command, invite, ask for, pray: _cp._ =biede=, _with which_ =bidde= _has been confused_.

=biddinge=, _s._ i. 2552.

=bide=, _v.n._, _pret._ =bod=, viii. 519, 2310, stay.

=biede=, _v.a._ v. 4455, _pp._ =bode=, P. 244, i. 2865, command, demand: _cp._ =bidde=.

=bienfait=, _s._ iii. 758, =bienfet=, vii. 3029.

=bienvenue=, _s._ ii. 1503.

=bile=, _s._ iv. 2710, 3108, v. 6526.

=bilieve=, _see_ =believe=, _s._

=bille=, _s._ viii. 875, 889, 2324, writing.

=bime=, _see_ =byme=.

=binde=, =bynde=, _v.a.n._ i. 1623, v. 3606, viii. 2811, _3 s.p._ =bint=, vi. 72, _pret.s._ =bond=, v. 853, 5056, _pl._ =bounden=, v. 151, _pp._ =bounde(n)=, i. 2538, ii. 540, iii. 2095.

=bischadewe=, _v.a._ viii. 3008*.

=bisinesse=, _see_ =besinesse=.

=bisschop=, =bisshop=, ii. 904, 936.

=bisschopriches=, _s.pl._ P. 208.

=bisse=, _s._ vi. 990, fine linen.

=bite=, _v.n._ iii. 119, _pret._ =bot=, vi. 5.

=Biten=, v. 1402.

=biter=, _a._ vi. 250, _def._ =biter=, vi. 371, =bitter=, viii. 2256; =the bitre= (_as subst._), i. 1708.

=biternesse=, _s._ vi. 344.

=bitterswete=, _s._ viii. 191: _cp._ vi. 250.

=blad=, =bladd=, s. iii. 252, iv. 927.

=blak=, _a._ iv. 1343, v. 4045, =blake=, _def._ i. 1167, _voc._ iv. 2842, _pl._ iv. 2494.

=blame=, _s._ i. 630, 1017, 2074, 3056; _as a._ i. 2405.

=blame(n)=, _v.a._ P. 60*, i. 3053, =to blame(n)=, P. 538, i. 3054, v. 5210.

=blameles=, _a._ vii. 3816.

=blaminge=, _s._ v. 1455.

=blanche=, _a._ (_fem._) vi. 239.

=blase=, _v.n._ ii. 2949.

=blase=, _s._ v. 3510, 4089, viii. 2444.

=blast=, _s._ i. 1069, 2411, iii. 419.

=bleche=, _a._ v. 2477, wan.

=blede=, _v.n._ ii. 840, vi. 1746.

=blenchinge=, _s._ vi. 205, 1867.

=blende=, _v.a._, _3 s.pres._ =blent=, v. 2492, _pret._ =blente=, v. 3467, _pp._ =blent=, i. 1126, v. 2165, blind, conceal.

=blesse=, _v.a._ i. 3418, v. 1238, (_pp._ =blessid=, viii. 3104); _v.n._ i. 620, v. 5022, cross oneself.

=blessed=, _a._ vii. 3260.

=blessinge=, _s._ ii. 3317, v. 1281.

=blew=, _a. as subst._ iv. 1317, vii. 2188, blue.

=blind=, =blynd=, _a._ i. 47, ii. 355, 759, v. 980, =blinde=, P. 139, _def._ i. 621, 2490, ii. 1822, _pl._ i. 228, 927, iii. 1465, v. 2959; =the blinde (blynde)=, _as subst._ P. 536, i. 2952, v. 536, _cp._ vii. 2470: blind, deceitful.

=blindly=, _adv._ viii. 2385.

=blisse=, _s._ i. 1771, v. 544, viii. 33.

=blithe=, =blythe=, _a._ ii. 18, 657, v. 6140, viii. 929.

=blockes=, _s.pl._ iii. 1033.

=blod=, _s._ i. 2235, 3170, vi. 840, vii. 4132, =blood=, vii. 423.

=blodi=, _a._ P. 757, iii. 1400, =blody=, ii. 861.

=blowe=, _v.a.n._ P. 923, i. 1065, 2133, 2411, ii. 1122, 2134, v. 1818, _pret._ =blew=, =bleu=, i. 2143, iii. 1025, v. 5409, =blewh=, ii. 2892, _pl._ =blewe=, vi. 2263, _pp._ =blowe=, i. 2298, iv. 735, vii. 3041.

=blowinge=, _s._ iv. 2484.

=blythe=, _see_ =blithe=.

=blyve=, =blive=, _adv._ iii. 1044, viii. 515, quickly; =als (as) blyve=, iv. 1854, v. 3318, _cp._ vi. 1430: forthwith.

=boc=, _see_ =bok=.

=bode=, _v.a._ i. 3282, proclaim.

=bodi=, =body=, _s._ P. 474, 995, ii. 977, _pl._ =bodies=, iv. 1320, 2463.

=bodili=, =bodily=, =bodely=, _a._ ii. 3256, v. 193, 1775, =bodiliche=, ii. 3344, vi. 397: _adv._ =bodily=, ii. 2969 (= in person), iii. 767, =bodely=, iv. 975.

=boiste=, _see_ =buiste=.

=bok=, _s._ P. 18, ii. 868 (=book=, viii. 3108), =boc=, vii. 480, =in boke=, iv. 978, _pl._ =bokes=, P. 2, i. 2458.

=boke=, v. P. 51*, iv. 2664, viii. 1328, record, write books, teach with books.

=bold=, _a._ ii. 1690, iii. 1846, iv. 2192, _pl._ =bolde=, vii. 4355.

=bole=, _s._ iv. 2112, vii. 1017, 3313, bull.

=bombard=, _s._ viii. 2482, (a musical instrument).

=bon=, _s._ i. 1531, ii. 2291, iii. 463, _pl._ bones, ii. 2302, vi. 2309.

=bond=, _s._ ii. 2112, iv. 894, _pl._ =bondes=, P. 502, ii. 3027, iv. 2105.

=bonde=, _a._ vi. 74, bond (slave).

=bondeman=, _s._ viii. 1358.

=bone=, _s._ ii. 768, 1430, vii. 3899, petition, boon.

=Boneface=, =Bonefas=, ii. 2940, 2950 ff.

=bor=, _s._ vii. 5255, boar.

=bord=, _s._ i. 2111, ii. 689, iv. 400, viii. 720, _pl._ =bordes=, i. 2529, ii. 1426, iv. 3018, board, table;