Part 7
bǣl-ðracu f. (ds. -ðræce) _violence of fire_, #Ph# 270.
bǣlwudu m. _wood for a funeral pile_, B 3112.
bǣlwylm m. _flames of a funeral-fire_, #Jul# 336.
bǣm = bām (v. bēgen)
bænd == bend
+bǣne? _bones_, NC 292.
bǣnen _made of bone_, Æ.
bær I. gsmn. bares _‘bare,’ uncovered_, _Bo_: _naked, unclothed_, _Gen_. II. pret. 3 sg. of beran.
bǣr I. f. ‘_bier_,’ _El_; Æ: _handbarrow, litter, bed_, _BH, JnR_. [beran] II. _a pasture_? KC (BT). III. = bār (AB 14·233).
+bǣran _to behave, conduct oneself_, _CP_: _fare_, B 2824: ‘_exultare_,’ #PPs#. [‘_i-bere_’]
bærbær _barbarous_, #EPs# 113^1.
bǣrdisc m. _tray_, WW. [beran]
bære = bere pres. 1 sing. of beran.
bære- = bere-
-bǣre suffix (from beran); forms derivatives from substantives, as in cwealmbǣre. [_Ger._ -bar]
bǣre == bǣr
+bǣre n. _manner, behaviour_, _El_: _gesture, cry_: _action_. [‘_i-bere_’; beran]
bærfōt _barefoot_.
bærhtm (A) = bearhtm
bærlic I. adj. _of barley_, KC 6·79^10. II. _open, clear, public_. adv. -līce.
bǣrmann m. _bearer, porter_, _Æ_. [‘_berman_’]
bærn = bereærn
±bærnan (e) _to cause to burn, kindle, burn, consume_, _Sol_; AO, #VPs#. [v. ‘_burn_’]
bærnelāc (e) n. _burnt-offering_, #PPs#.
+bǣrnes f. _bearing, manner_, WW 529^13.
bærnett (y^2) n. _burning, burn, cautery_, Æ: _arson_, LL.
bærning f. _burning_: _burnt offering_, #BPs# 50^18.
bærnīsen n. _branding-iron_, OEG 7^113.
bærnnes, bærnes f. _burning_.
bæro = bearu
bǣron pret. pl. of beran.
bærs m. _a fish, perch_, #Gl#. [_Ger._ barsch]
+bǣrscipe (LkL) = +bēorscipe
bærst pret. 3 sg. of berstan.
bærstl- = brastl-
bærsynnig m. _notoriously wicked person, publican_, NG.
+bǣru v. +bǣre.
bærwe = bearwe
bæst mn.? _inner bark of trees, ‘bast,’_ _Æ, OET_.
bæsten _made of bast_.
bæstere = bæzere
bǣtan I. _to bait, hunt, worry_, Æ. [v. ‘_bait_’]: (BT) _make fast_? (Sedgef. = III). II. _to beat against the wind_? #Bo# 144^31. [_ON._ beita] III. _to furnish with a bit or bridle, saddle, curb_.
+bǣte, +bǣtel n. _bit, bridle_, pl. _trappings_, BH.
bætera, bættra = betera
bǣtung (ē) f. _beating_ (_against the wind_?) (BT), _cable_ (Sedgef.), #Bo# 144^31.
bæð n. nap. baðu _‘bath,’ action of bathing_, _Lcd_: _laver_, _AO_: _liquid in which one bathes, medicinal spring_, _BH, KC_. ganotes b. _gannet’s bath_ (i.e. the sea), B.
bæðcere m. _bather_.
bæðere = bæzere
bæðern n. _bath-house_, NC 272.
bæðfæt n. _bathing-tub_, LL 455[17].
bæðhūs n. _bathing-place_, Æ.
bæðian = baðian
bæðsealf f. _bathing-salve_, #Lcd#.
bæðstede m., bæðstōw f. _bathing-place_, WW.
bæðweg † m. _sea_.
bæzere m. _baptiser, baptist_. [= _L._ baptista]
bal- = beal-
balc, balca m. _bank, ridge_, _Bo, WW_. [‘_balk_’]
ballīce (NG) = bealdlīce
bal-sam, -samum n. _‘balsam,’ balm_, _BH_.
balsmēðe f. _bergamot_, #Lcd# 3·90^23.
balsminte f. _balsam-mint, water-mint_, WW 136^6.
balzam n., balzame f. = balsam
bām dmfn. of bēgen.
+ban = +bann
±bān n. _‘bone,’ tusk_, _Jn, Æ, Gl_; AO, CP: _the bone of a limb_.
bana (o) m. _killer, slayer, murderer_, _B_; #Chr#: _the devil_: (f.) _murderess_, A 10·155. [‘_bane_’]
bānbeorge f. _leg-armour, greaves_, WW.
bānbryce m. _fracture of a bone_, #Lcd#.
bāncofa † m. _the bodily frame_.
ban-coða m., -coðu f. _baneful disease_.
band pret. 3 sg. of bindan.
bānece _in pain in the thigh_, #Lcd#.
bān-fæt † n. nap. -fatu _body, corpse_.
bānfāg _adorned with bonework_ (deer antlers?), B 781.
bangār (o) m. _murdering spear_, B 2031.
bāngeberg n. = bānbeorge
bāngebrec n. _fracture of a bone_, #An# 1439.
bānhelm m. _helmet, shield_? #Fin# 30 (v. also bārhelm).
bānhring † m. _vertebra, joint_.
bānhūs † n. _body, chest, breast_. bānhūses weard _the mind_, #Ex# 523.
bānlēas _boneless_, #Rd# 46^3.
bānloca † m. _joint, limb_.
+bann n. _proclamation, summons, command_, Æ, CP: _indiction (cycle of 15 years)_.
±bannan^7 _to summon, command, proclaim_. b. ūt _call out_, #Chr#.
bannend m. _summoner_, #Gl#.
+banngēar (-gēr) n. _indiction, year of the indiction_.
bannuc m. _a sort of cake_, OEG.
bānrift (y) n. _leggings, leg-armour, greaves_, #Gl#, WW (-rist).
bānsealf f. _salve for pain in the bones_, #Lcd# 138b.
bānsele ‡ m. _(bone-house), body_.
bānwærc m. _pain in the bones_, WW 200^12.
banweorc n. _homicide, murder_, LL 244, 32, 4#d#.
bānwyrt f. _violet_? _small knapweed_? #Lcd#.
bār (ǣ) m. ‘_boar_,’ _ÆGr_.
bara, bare wk. forms of bær, adj.
barda m. _beaked ship_, WW 289^12.
bārhelm m. _helmet with the image of a boar_? #Fin# 30 (v. also bānhelm).
barian _to lay bare, uncover_: _depopulate_, W 310^5. [bær I.]
barice = bearrige
barm = bearm
barn I. pret. 3 sg. of biernan. II. = bearn
barrige = bearrige
bārspere n. _boar spear_.
bārsprēot m. _boar spear_.
barstlung = brastlung
barð m. _barque, ‘dromo,’_ WW 181^29.
barða = barda
baru napn. of bær adj.
basilisca m. _basilisk_, #PPs# 90^13.
basing m. _cloak_, Æ.
±bāsnian _to await, expect_.
bāsnung f. _expectation_ (N).
bastard m. _bastard_, #Chr# 1066#d#. [_OFr._]
basu (e, ea, eo) gsmn. baswes _purple, scarlet, crimson_. baswa stān _topaz_.
basuhǣwen _purple_.
+baswian _to stain red_, ES 33·177.
bāt I. fm. _‘boat’, ship, vessel_, _Chr_. II. pret. 3 sg. of bītan.
batian _to batten, fatten_, CP 173^20: _heal_: _grow better_, Æ.
bātswegen m. _boatman_, EC 254.
batt _bat, cudgel, club_, OEG 18b18.
bātwā = būtū
bātweard m. _ship’s watchman_, B 1900.
bað = bæð
±baðian _to wash, lave, ‘bathe’_ (tr. and intr.), _give baths (to others)_, _Lcd_; Æ, AO.
baðu v. bæð.
be- prefix. =1.= specializes the meaning of a tr. vb. (as in behōn, besettan). =2.= makes an intr. vb. transitive (beswīcan, beðencan). =3.= is privative (bedǣlan, belīðan). =4.= does not alter the meaning (becuman).
be prep. w. d. and instr. (of place) _‘by,’ near, in, on, upon, with, along, at, to_. be eallum _altogether_. be fullan _in full_: (of time) _in, about, by, before, while, during_: _for, because of, in consideration of, by, by means of, through, in conformity with, in comparison with_: _about, concerning, in reference to_: _on penalty of_. be āwihte _in any respect_. be fullan _in excess_. be sumum dǣle _partly_. be ānfealdum _single_. be twīfealdum _two-fold_. be fullan _fully, perfectly_. be ðām mǣstan _at the most_. be ðām (ðān) ðe _because, as, according as, how_. be norðan, sūðan _to the north, south of...._ be æftan = beæftan
bēacen (ē) n. _‘beacon,’ sign, token, phenomenon, portent, apparition_, _JnL_ (ē): _standard, banner_, _B_.
bēacenfȳr n. _beacon fire, lighthouse_, OET 180^7 (ǣ).
bēacenstān m. _stone on which to light a beacon fire_, WW.
bēacn- = bīecn-, bīcn-
bead = bed
bēad I. pret. 3 sg. of bēodan. II. (NG) = bēod
beado == beadu
beadowig = bǣdewēg
beadu † f. gds. beaduwe, beadowe _war, battle, fighting, strife_.
beaducāf _bold in battle_, #Rd# 1^11.
beaducræft m. _skill in war_, #An# 219.
beaducræftig † _warlike_.
beaducwealm m. _violent death_, #An# 1704.
beadufolm f. _battle-hand_, B 990.
beadugrīma m. _war-mask, helmet_, B 2257.
beaduhrægl † n. _coat of mail_.
beadulāc † n. _war-play, battle_.
beadulēoma m. _(battle-light), sword_, B 1523.
beadumægen n. _battle strength, force_, #Ex# 329.
beadumēce m. _battle-sword_, B 1454.
beadurǣs m. _rush of battle_, #Ma# 111.
beadurinc † m. _warrior, soldier_.
beadurōf † _strong in battle, renowned in war_.
beadurūn f. _secret of a quarrel_, B 501.
beaduscearp _keen in battle (sword)_, B 2704.
beaduscrūd n. _coat of mail_, B 453; 2660?
beadusearo n. _war equipment_, #Ex# 572.
beaduserce f. _coat of mail_, B 2755.
beaduðrēat m. _war-band, army_, #El# 31.
beaduwǣpen † n. _weapon of war_.
beaduwang † m. _battlefield_.
beaduweorc † n. _work of battle, warlike operation_.
beaduwraǣd (o^2) m. _fighting company_, #Lcd# 125b.
beæftan I. adv. _after, hereafter, afterwards, behind_, _AO_; CP (bi-). [‘_baft_’] II. prep. w. d. _after, behind_.
beǣwnian _to join in marriage, marry_, #Chr# 1052#d#. [ǣw]
beaftan _to lament_, _MtL_ 11^17. [= be-hafetian; ‘_beft_’]
bēag I. (ǣ, ē) m. _ring_ (as ornament or as money), _coil, bracelet, collar, crown, garland_, _Æ_; CP. [‘_bee_’; būgan] II. pret. 3 sg. of būgan.
bēag-gifa, -gyfa † m. _ring-giver, lord, king, generous chief_.
bēaggifu (bēah-) † f. _ring-giving_.
bēaghord (h) † n. _ring-hoard_.
bēaghroden † _diademed, adorned with rings or armlets_.
bēaghyrne (h) f. _corner of the eye_, WW 156^41.
bēagian (ē) _to crown_.
bēag-sel n., -sele † m. _hall in which rings are distributed_.
bēagðegu (h) f. _receiving of rings_, B 2176.
bēagwīse n. _round shape_, GD 343^15.
bēagwriða (h) m. _armlet_, B 2018.
bēah I. = bēag. II. pret. 3 sg. of būgan.
beāh- = bēag-
beāhsian _to ask advice_, #Bl# 199^29; 205^28.
bealanīð = bealunīð
bealcan, bealcettan _to ‘belch,’ utter, bring up, splutter out, give forth, emit_, _Ps_; Æ: _come forth_.
beald (a) _‘bold,’ brave, confident, strong_, _Ps_; AO, CP: _impudent_.
bealde adv. _boldly, courageously, confidently_: _without hesitation, immediately_.
bealdian _to be bold_, _B_ 2177. [‘_bold_’]
bealdlīce ‘_boldly_,’ _Jul_.
bealdnes (a) f. _boldness_.
bealdor † m. _lord, master, hero_.
bealdwyrde _bold of speech_, Æ.
beale- = bealu-
bealg, bealh pret. 3 sg. of belgan.
beallucas mp. ‘_testiculi_,’ _Gl_. [‘_ballock_’]
bealo = bealu
bealo- = bealu-
bealu I. † gs. b(e)al(u)wes n. _‘bale,’ harm, injury, destruction, ruin, evil, mischief_, _Sat, Ps, Chr_: _wickedness, malice_: _a noxious thing_, Æ. II. adj. _baleful, deadly, dangerous, wicked, evil_.
bealubend m. _pernicious bond_, W 178^2.
bealubenn f. _mortal wound_, #Ex# 238.
bealublonden _pernicious_, #GnE# 198.
bealuclomm mf. _oppressive bond_, #Hell# 65.
bealucræft m. _magic art_, #Met# 26^75.
bealucwealm m. _violent death_, B 2265.
bealudǣd † f. _evil deed, sin_.
bealuful _‘baleful,’ dire, wicked, cruel_, _Cr_.
bealufūs _prone to sin_, #Rim# 50.
bealu-hycgende ‡, -hȳdig ‡ _meditating mischief_.
bealuinwit n. _deceit, treachery_, #PPs# 54^24.
bealulēas † _harmless, innocent_, _Chr, Gn_. [‘_baleless_’]
bealunīð † m. _malice, wickedness_.
bealurāp m. _oppressive fetter_, #Cr# 365.
bealusearu n. _wicked machination_, #Jul# 473.
bealusīð † m. _hurt, adversity_: _death_.
bealusorg f. _dire sorrow_, #Ph# 409.
bealuspell n. _baleful message_, #Ex# 510.
bealuðonc m. _evil thought_, #Jul# 469.
bealuwes, bealwes v. bealu.
bēam I. m. _tree_, _KC, Rd_: _‘beam,’ rafter, piece of wood_, _Chr, Mt_; CP, Mdf: _cross, gallows_, _Cr_: (†) _ship_, _Rd_: _column, pillar_: _sunbeam_, _Chr, Ps_: _metal girder_, _AO_. II. (NG) = bȳme
bēamere (_Mt_) = bȳmere
bēamsceadu † f. _shade of a tree_.
bēamtelg ‡ m. _wood-dye, carbonaceous ink_.
bēamweg m. _road made with logs_, BC 1·417´.
bēamwer m. _wooden weir_? BC 2·242´.
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_.