a grave; _e.g._ Bedd-gelert (the grave of a favourite hound of Llewelyn, or, as others affirm, the grave of a saint named Kelert). [Sidenote: BEDW (Cym.-Cel.), BEITH (Gadhelic), BEDWEN (Welsh),] the birch-tree, cognate with the Lat. _betula_; _e.g._ Beddoe (the birches), Salop; Bedwelty, _i.e._ _Bedw-gwal-ty_ (the wild beast’s dwelling among the birches), in Monmouth; Penbedw (birch hill), Monmouth. In Ireland: Beagh, Beaghy, Behagh, Behy, _i.e._ (birch land); Kilbehey, _i.e._ _coill-beithne_ (birch wood); Behanagh (birch-producing river); Ballybay, _i.e._ _Bel-atha-beithe_ (the ford mouth of the birch); Aghaveagh (birch field). In Scotland: Beith and Beath, in Fife and Ayrshire; Dalbeath, Dalbeth, Dalbeathie (the birch field or valley); Barbeth (the summit of birches). [Sidenote: BEEMD (Dutch),] a meadow; _e.g._ Beemd and Beemte (on the meadow); Haagschbeemden (enclosed meadow); Beemster-polder (the meadow embankment). [Sidenote: BEER, BIR (Heb. and Ar.),] a well; _e.g._ Beer-sheba (the well of the oath); Beer-Elim (the well of heroes); Beer-lahai-roi (the well of the living sight); Beirout (the city of wells), in Palestine; Bir, a town of Asiatic Turkey. [Sidenote: BEER, or BEAR (Teut.), BUR (A.S.), BYR (Old Ger.),] a farm, cottage, or dwelling; _e.g._ Beer-Regis (the king’s farm); Beer-Alston (the dwelling of Alston); Beardon and Berewood (the dwelling on a hill and in a wood); Aylesbear (the dwelling of Aegle); Bühren, in Hanover and Switzerland; Beuren, in Swabia; Grasbeuren (grassy dwelling); Sandbuur (sandy dwelling); Erlesbura (dwelling among elms); Beerendrecht (the dwelling on the pasture); Nassenbeuren (damp dwelling); Blaubeuren (the blue dwelling); Benediktbeuren (the dwelling of the Benedictines). [Sidenote: BEG, BEAG (Gadhelic), BACH, or BYCHAN, by mutation _fach_ or _fychan_ (Cym.-Cel.),] little; _e.g._ Morbihan (the little sea), in Brittany; Taafe-fechan (the little River Taafe), in Wales. In Ireland: Castlebeg (little castle); Downkillybegs (the fortress of the little church); Bunbeg (small river mouth); Rathbeg (little fort). [Sidenote: BEIM,] a contraction of the Ger. _bei-dem_ (by the); _e.g._ Beimbach, Beimberg, Beimhofen (by the brook, the hill, the court). [Sidenote: BEINN (Gadhelic), BEN,]