Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
BIGOON, _pp._ ornamented, R. 943; _wel b._, well contented, joyous, merry,
5. 171; R. 580; T. ii. 597; D 606 (or it may here mean "well clad");
fortunate, T. ii. 294; _wel bigo_, well content, R. 693; _wo b._,
distressed, L. 1487, 2497; B 918, F 1316; _sorwfully b._, distressed, T. i.
114; _wers b._, more wretched, T. v. 1328. See _Bego_ in the New E. Dict.
BIGYLE, BEGYLE, _v._ beguile, deceive,3. 674; T. v. 404; L. 1570; E 252;
_ger._ L. 780; Bigylen, _ger._ to beguile, deceive, R. 1055; Bigylestow, _2
pr. s._ deceivest thou, I 1022; Begyled, _pt. s._ L. 2525; Begylde, _pt.
s._ L. 2199; Bigyled, _pp._ deceived, B 1. m 6. 4; G 985, 1385; destroyed,
C 274; Begyled, _pp._ L. 2547; Bigyle, _2 pr. s. subj._ beguile, B 4618.
BIGYLERES, _pl._ beguilers, I 299.
BIHALVE, _s. dat._ behalf, T. ii. 1458; B 2987; Behalfe, L. 497.
BIHATE, _v._ hate; Behated, _pp._ hated, detested, B 3. m 4. 4.
BIHESTE, _s._ promise, B 37, 41, D 1059, F 698, 1163, 1538, 1541; T. v.
1191; command, T. ii. 359; Behest, promise, 5. 245; Bihestes, _s. pl._
promises, T. v. 1431; B 2419; promises, i.e. all that they profess to
prove, A. pr. 17.
BIHETE, _1 pr. s._ promise, G 707; A. pr. 78; Bihetest, _2 pr. s._ dost
promise, B 4. p 2. 1; Biheteth, _pr. s._ promises, I 379; Bihete, _2 pr.
pl._ T. i. 539; Bi-heten, _pr. pl._ promise, B 3. p 3. 13; p 8. 3. See
BIHOTE.
BIHETINGE, _s._ promising, B 2. p 8. 10.
BIHEWE, _v._; Behewe, _pp._ hewn, carved, HF. 1306.
BIHIGHTE, _pt. s._ promised, T. v. 1204; _1 pt. s._ F 1559; Bihighten, _2
pt. pl._ T. v. 496; F 1327; Bi-highten, _pt. pl._ B 3. p 3. 41; Bihighte,
_pt. pl._ T. iii. 319; Bihight, _pp._ B 5. p 3. 110; T. v. 354; B 2256, F
788, I 251; Byhight, T. v. 1104. See Bihote.
BIHINDE, _prep._ behind, A 1050; T. ii. 639; Bihinden, T. i. 179.
BIHINDE, _adv._ in the rear, T. ii. 1107; future, G 1291.
BIHOLDE, _v._ behold, A 2293; gaze, F 863; _ger._ to look upon, A 1301;
Beholde, _ger._ to look upon, look at, 3. 405, 1050; Behelde, _v._ behold,
7. 80 (see note); Behelde, _pt. s. subj._ should see, T. ii. 378; Bihelden,
_pt. pl._ beheld, T. i. 177; Biholde, _pp._ beheld, T. v. 1252; G 179.
BIHOLDER, _s._ beholder, B 5. p 6. 121.
BIHOTE, _1 pr. s._ promise, A 1854; Behoteth, _pr. s._ 3. 621; Bihoteth,
_pr. s._ I 291; Behette, _pt. s._ 5. 436. A.S. _beh[=a]tan_. See BIHETE,
BIHIGHTE.
BIHOVE, _s. dat._ profit (lit. behoof), R. 1092.
BIHOVE, _v._ suit, 13. 5; Bihoveth, _pr. s._ (it) behoves, B 1. p 4. 4: T.
iv. 1004, 1018; F 602, 1359; Bihoven, _pr. pl._ are necessary, I 83;
Behoved, _pt. s._ (it) behoved, R. 1479.
BIHOVELY, _adj._ helpful, T. ii. 261; needful, I 107, 387.
BI-IAPE (Bijape), _v._; Bi-iaped, _pp._ jested at, tricked, T. i. 531;
By-iaped, T. v. 1119; A 1585, G 1385, II 145.
BIKENNE, _v._; Bekenne, _1 pr. s._ commit, C 292 _n_.
BIKER, _s._ quarrel, L. 2661.
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