Bere, _sb._ == sound, voice. Alys. 550. O. and N. 923. [ibere]. O. and N. 222. SS. ibere. Laȝ. iii. 25 Bereave, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 101 Berfreyes, _sb._ == towers used in sieges, belfries. Alys. 2777 Berihed, == saved. Creed 63. Ps. xxvii. 9. AS. berigea, beorgan Beryhing, _sb._ == protection. Ps. xxvii. 8 Berip, _v. a._ == strip (fruit off a tree). Ps. lxxix. 13 Bern, _sb._ == child. Wright’s L. P. pp. 23, 58 Berne, _v. a._ == injure? K. Horn, 710 Berun, _part._ == overflowed (with tears). K. Horn, 670 Berwen, _v. a._ == defend, protect. HD. 697 2022. AS. beorgan. Beryl, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 25 Beryng, _sb._ == bosom. Alys. 484. ON. bringa Beryng, _sb._ == burying, _q. v._ Besee, _v. a._ == provide for, see to. RG. 393, 505. Ps. v. 2; treat, 3 pl. pret. ‘bysayen.’ Alys. 4605 Beseech, _v. a._ RG. 480. 3 s. pres. ‘bi-sehth.’ O. and N. 1437 Beseeching, _sb._ Ps. cxviii. 159. Wright’s L. P. p. 95 Beseem, _v. a._ == make to appear seemly or probable, in part. O. and N. 840 Besekandlik, == able to be besought, propitious. Ps. cxxxiv. 14 Beset, _v. a._ RG. 387 Beshine, _v. n._ K. Horn, 12 ---- _v. a._ Fragm. Sci. 18 Beshit, _v. a._ -- part. ‘bishiten.’ Alys. 5485 Beshrew, _v. a._ == curse. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211 Beside, _prep._ of place, ‘a toun biside Wircetre.’ RG. 558 ---- _adv._ of place, ‘ther biside.’ RG. 558 Beside, == in addition to. RG. 92 Besiege, _v. a._ RG. 387 Besmut, _v. a._ == defile. Ps. liv. 21 Bespeak, _v. a._ == speak against a thing. RG. 524, 550. AS. be-spræcan ---- == agree upon a thing. O. and N. 1736 Besprinkle, _v. a._ RG. 128 Best, _adj._ RG. 370, 504 Bestead, _part._ [bistad] == happened. Wright’s L. P. p. 41 Bestir, _v. a._ Alys. 3079 Bestrew, _v. a._--part, ‘bistrete.’ RG. 561 Bestride, _v. a._ HD. 2060. Alys. 706 Beswike, _v. a._ == deceive. Wright’s L. P. p. 45. AS. be-swícan Bet, _adj._ == better. RG. 375, 546 Bet, _v. a._ == lay a wager, part. ‘y-bate.’ Pol. Bet of berne, == probably ‘in labour with child.’ Marg. 53, 71. AS. beátan? Betake, _v. a._ == take. RG. 526 ---- == give in charge to a person, i.e. cause another to take. RG. 201, 354; so ‘was bitake four erles,’ == was given in charge ‘to four earls.’ RG. 523; see p. 301. Hence == commend to a person, RG. 475; ‘hand over to another,’ HD. 203. AS. be-tæcan Betaught, [bi-tahte] == taught. Rel. S. v. 124 Bete, _v. a._ lit. == ‘make better;’ hence, ‘heal,’ ‘save.’ Marg. 68 ---- == ‘recompense,’ ‘make amends for.’ RG. 369. AS. bétan Bete, _part._ == beaten. Vid. Beat Beten, [y-beten] == overlaid, covered, as with silk, gold, &c. Alys. 1034, 1518 Beth, Beoth, &c. See Be Bethink, _v. a._ == ‘to bethink oneself’ of a thing. RG. 368, 458 Betide, _v. n._ == happen. RG. 418, 14 Betime, _adv._ K. Horn, 995 Betoken, _v. a._ RG. 152 Betokening, _sb._ RG. 560 Betray, _v. a._ RG. 135 Better, _adj._ RG. 367, 422 ---- _v. n._ == get the better. Ps xii. 5 Betterness, _sb._ Ps. li. 5 Between, _prep._ RG. 371, 513