Bedyner, _sb._ == servant, officer. Wright’s L. P. p. 49. Germ. bedienen Bee, _sb._ Ps. cxvii. 12 Beech, _sb._ Alys. 5242. [breche]. O. and N. 14? Compare for the insertion or omission of the _r_, AS. ‘spræcan,’ Engl. ‘speak,’ ‘gin’ and ‘grin’ or ‘grinew,’ ‘groom’ and AS. ‘guma’ Beef, _sb._ Alys. 5248 Beer, _sb._ [bor], O. and N. 1009 Befal, _v. n._ pret. ‘bivel.’ RG. 556 Before, _prep._--of place. RG. 443 ---- _adv._--of time. RG. 443. [biforen] Wright’s L. P. p. 24 ---- == foreward, onward. O. and N. 774 Beget, _v. a._ == obtain. O. and N. 726. RG. 516 ---- == procreate. RG. 516. part. ‘byȝyte.’ RG. 388 Begetting, _sb._ Alys. 6866 Beggar, _sb._ Body and Soul, 139 Begin, _v. n._ RG. 380 Beginning, _sb._ RG. 384 ---- == (of a country.) RG. 399 Begon, _part._ == adorned, or covered with. Ritson’s AS. viii. 35. Cf. ‘woebegone’ Begrown, _part._ [bi-growe]. O. and N. 27 Beguile, _v. a._ K. Horn, 328 Beh. See Bow, _vb._ Behalve, _v. a._ == divide into two parts. HD. 1834 Behead, _v. a._ Pol. S. 213 Behest, _sb._ RG. 231 Behind, _prep._ O. and N. 594 ---- _adv._ RG. 395 Behind, _sb._ == rump. O. and N. 596 Behold, _v. a._ == hold in the hand. O. and N. 1323 ---- _v. n._ == look up. RG. 395; have regard. Ps. v. 3 ---- _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 86 Behoof, _sb._ RG. 348. [byefþe], ib. 354 Behote, _sb._ == vow. Ps. cxv. 14 Behave, _v. n._ == RG. 177. Ps. cxiv. 18 Beigh, _sb._ == ring. Alys. 1572. AS. beág Beigh, _v. a._ == bow, bend. Alys. 4373 Being, _sb._ == condition. Alys. 223 Beknow, _v. a._ == make known. Alys. 7472 ---- == know thoroughly. Rel. S. i. 31 Belde, _v. a._ == protect? Wright’s L. P. p. 24 Belie, _v. a._ O. and N. 837 Belay, _v. a._ == besiege. RG. 519 Belief, _sb._ == religious faith. RG. 73 Believe, _v. n._ RG. 229 Belive, or Blive, == quickly. RG. 50. SS. ‘bilife.’ Cf. Dan. ‘oplive,’ == to quicken, enliven, and the two senses of our Eng. ‘quick’ Bell, _sb._ RG. 509, 541 Belly, _sb._ [bali]. Rel. S. v. 83 Bellows, _sb._ [bulies]. 467 β Belock, _v. a._ == lock up. 3 s. pres. ‘bi-luth.’ O. and N. 1555. pret. ‘bi-leck.’ O. and N. 1079. part. ‘bi-loken.’ Rel. S. vii. 68 Beme, _sb._ == trumpet. Wright’s L. P. p. 25. AS. béme Bemoan, _v. a._ [bimene]. RG. 490 Bemoaning, _sb._ [bymening] == complaint. Alys. 534 Bemothered, == confused, perplexed. Pol. S. 158. Cf. Engl. prov. to ‘mither’ == to bother, perplex (the _i_ is pronounced long). Probably connected with AS. méde == weary; Dutch, moeden Bench, _sb._ Body and Soul, 153. [bink]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 69 Bend, _v. a._ RG. 377, 536 Bende, _sb._ == bond. RG. 379 Bene, _sb._ == prayer. Wright’s L. P. p. 58. AS. bén Beneath, _prep._ O. and N. 910 ---- _adv._ RG. 258, 491 ---- [bi nither] == beyond, without. HD. 2025 Benim, _v. a._ == take away. RG. 375, 405, 443 Benison, _sb._ HD. 1723 Bequeath, _v. a._ RG. 301 Bequest, _sb._ [byquide]. RG. 384 Berain, _v. n._ K. Horn. 11 Berand, _sb._ == singing, sounding. Ps. xxvi. 6. See Bere