beón, verb, _to be_, generally in the future sense, _will be_: pres. sg. I. gûðgeweorca ic beó gearo sôna, _I shall immediately be ready for warlike deeds_, 1826; sg. III. wâ bið þäm þe sceal..., _woe to him who_...! 183; so, 186; gifeðe bið is given, 299; ne bið þe wilna gâd (_no wish will be denied thee_), 661; þær þe bið manna þearf, _if thou shalt need the warriors_, 1836; ne bið swylc cwênlîc þeáw, _is not becoming, honorable to a woman_, 1941; eft sôna bið _will happen directly_, 1763; similarly, 1768, etc.; pl. þonne bióð brocene, _then are broken_, 2064; feor cýððe beóð sêlran gesôhte þam þe..., "terrae longinquae meliores sunt visitatu ei qui..." (Grein), 1839; imp. beó (bió) þu on ôfeste, _hasten!_ 386, 2748; beó wið Geátas gläd, _be gracious to the Geátas_, 1174. beór, st. n., _beer_: dat. sg. ät beóre, _at beer-drinking_, 2042; instr. sg. beóre druncen, 531; beóre druncne, 480. beór-scealc, st. m., _keeper of the beer, cup-bearer_: gen. pl. beór-scealca sum (one of Hrôðgâr's followers, because they served the Geátas at meals), 1241. beór-sele, st. m., _beer-hall, hall in which beer is drunk_: dat. sg. in (on) beórsele, 482, 492, 1095; biórsele, 2636. beór-þegu, st. f., _beer-drinking, beer-banquet_: dat. sg. äfter beórþege, 117; ät þære beórþege, 618. beót, st. n., _promise, binding agreement to something that is to be undertaken_: acc. sg. he beót ne âlêh, _did not break his pledge_, 80; beót eal ... gelæste, _performed all that he had pledged himself to_, 523. ge-beótian, w. v., _to pledge one's self to an undertaking, to bind one's self_: pret. gebeótedon, 480, 536. beót-word, st. n., same as beót: dat. pl. beót-wordum spräc, 2511. biddan, st. v., _to beg, to ask, to pray_: pres. sg. I. dôð swâ ic bidde! 1232; inf. (w. acc. of the pers. and gen. of the thing asked for) ic þe biddan wille ânre bêne, _beg thee for one_, 427; pret. swâ he selfa bäd, _as he himself had requested_, 29; bäd hine blîðne (supply wesan) ät þære beórþege, _begged him to be cheerful at the beer-banquet_, 618; ic þe lange bäd þät þu..., _begged you a long time that you_, 1995; frioðowære bäd hlâford sînne, _begged his lord for protection_ (acc. of pers. and gen. of thing), 2283; bäd þät ge geworhton, _asked that you_..., 3097; pl. wordum bædon þät..., 176. on-bidian, w. v., _to await_: inf. lætað hilde-bord her onbidian ... worda geþinges, _let the shields await here the result of the conference_ (lay the shields aside here), 397. bil, st. n. _sword_: nom. sg. bil, 1568; bill, 2778; acc. sg. bil, 1558; instr. sg. bille, 2360; gen. sg. billes, 2061, etc.; instr. pl. billum, 40; gen. pl. billa, 583, 1145.--Comp.: gûð-, hilde-, wîg-bil.