Part 8

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]

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_’]