Bedde
sb. bed, PP.—AS. bedd.

Bede
sb. prayer, S, H, PP; beode, S; beyde, S3; bedes, pl. S2, S3, P; beads, C; beades, S3.—AS. (ge)bed.

Bedel
sb. messenger, herald, crier, beadle, H, P; bedeles, pl. S, H; bedelles, P.—OF. bedel; cp. AS. bydel. Cf. Budele.

Beden
v. to command, to offer, S, S2, S3, C2; beode, S2; bedden, S; bidden, S; beot, pr. s. S; byt, C; bet, S; bead, pt. s., bed, S, S2; bawd, S3; bad, C2, S2; boden, pl. S; beden, S3; bode, S2; bede, pp. S2; bode, bodun, invited, W; bodyn, S2; bidde, C3.—AS. béodan.

Bedred
adj. lying in bed, bedridden, CM, PP; bedreden, S2, P; bedrede, PP.—AS. bedreda and bedrida (Voc.).

Bee
sb. bee, Voc.; been, pl. S3, C2, W2; beys, S3 (13. 244); bees, C2.—AS. béo.

Beek
sb. beak, C2; bec, S; beekis, pl. PP.—OF. bec.

Beem
sb. beam, C, PP; beom, S; bem, MD.—AS. béam, tree, plank.

Beere
sb. bier, W, CM, MD; beer, C; bare, S, MD; beare, S3; bere, HD, MD; byears, pl. S3.—AS. bǽr; cp. OF. biere.

Beest
sb. beast, C, PP; best, PP, C, S, S2; bestes, pl. S, S2; beestes, S2.—OF. beste; Lat. bestia.

Beestli
adj. animal, W.

Beeten
v. to beat, W2, CM; beten, S, C; bet, pr. s. P; bet, imp. s. S2; beot, pt. s. P; beet, PP; bet, S3, PP; bette, P; beten, pl. S; beeten, W2; beten, pp. C2, G; bete, C2; betun, W2; y-beten, C2; y-bete, C; y-bette, P; i-beaten, S; ibete, C.—AS. béatan, pt. béot, pp. béaten.

Bege
sb. collar, S; see Beiȝ.

Beggen
v. to beg, PP, C2, Prompt., W (John 9. 8).

Beggere
sb. beggar, C, PP, W (John 9. 8).

Beggestere
sb. beggar, C, NED.

Beiȝ
sb. a ring, collar, P; byȝe, PP; bege, collar, S; bie, W2; beies, pl. circlets of metal, S; biȝes, P; behes, PP.—AS. béah: Icel. baugr.

Bek
sb. brook, H, Voc., Prompt., MD; beckis, pl. H.—Icel. bekkr.

Bekken
v. to nod, C3; beken, Prompt.; beks, pr. s. S3.

Beknen
v. to beckon, show, S; bikenen, W2.—OMerc. bécnian (VP).

Bel
adj. beautiful, PP.—OF. bel.

Belde
sb. protection, shelter, MD, HD; beld, S2; beild, S3, JD.—AS. byldo, boldness, from beald. See Bold.

Belde
adj. big, blustering, S; see Bold.

Belden
v. to build, S3; see Bilden.

Beldinge
sb. building, S3.

Belle
sb. bell, S, C2, PP.—AS. belle.

Bellyche
adv. beautifully, S3, MD. See Bel.

Belphegor
sb. Baal Peor, H (p. 376).—Lat. Belphegor (Vulg.).

Belt
pp. built, S3; see Bilden.

Bely
sb. belly, bellows, MD, P; baly, S3; below, follis, Voc.; balies, pl. S2, PP.—AS. bælg.

Belȝen
v. to swell, to be angry, MD; bollȝhenn, pp. MD; i-bolȝe, S.—AS. belgan, pt. bealh, (pl. bulgon), pp. bolgen.

Bemare
sb. trumpeter, S.—AS. bémere.

Beme
sb. trumpet, MD, Voc.; bemen, pl. S; beemes, C; beamous, S3.—OMerc. béme (VP).

Bemen
v. to sound a trumpet, S, NED.

Bemyng
sb. humming of bees, S3, JD.

Ben
v. to be, PP, S, S2; been, C; bien, bienn, S; buen, S2; beo, S, S2; bi, S, S2; bue, by, S2; beonne, bienne, ger. S; beoþ, pr. s. S; beþ, buð, byð, bið, S; beis, S3; bes, S2; beoþ, pl. S; bieþ, S; buð, S, S2; beth, S2, S3, C2; ben, W; bes, S2; bi, pr. s. subj. S; bie, S (s.v. Ibie); beo, pl. S; beth, imp. pl. C2, S2, S3; byeþ, S2; ben, pp. S; been, C; bue, S2; be, S3, C; y-be, S2; iben, S; ibeon, S; ibeo, S, S2; ibe, S, S2; ibi, S.—AS. béon.

Benche
sb. bench, Prompt., PP.—AS. benc.

Benched
pp. furnished with benches, SD; y-benched, S3.

Bend
sb. bond, MD; bendes, pl. S, G; bende, dat. S, S2, G.—AS. bend: Goth. bandi.

Benden
v. to bend, Prompt., MD; bende, pt. s. MD; bent, MD; bend, pl. S2; y-bent, pp. S3; ye-bent, S3.—AS. bendan, to fasten a band or string to a bow.

Bene
sb. a prayer, S, S2, NED; benes, pl. S2.—AS. bén: OTeut. bóni-z, see Sievers, 268.

Bene
adj. pleasant, S, NED.

Benefet
sb. benefit, PP, MD; bynfet, PP; benfait, P; bienfetes, pl. P.—OF. bienfet; Lat. benefactum.

Bent
sb. coarse grass, small rushes, Manip., Voc., MD, HD.—Cp. OHG. binuz (G. binse).

Bent
sb. a moor, an open grassy place, NED, S, S3, C. See above.

Beode
v. to pray, S; see Bidden.

Berd
sb. beard, S, S2, C; berde, P, G; berdes, pl. S3.—AS. beard.

Bere
sb. beer, Prompt.; ber, S, MD.—AS. béor.

Bere
sb. noise, S, S2, MD, HD; ber, S2.—AS. (ge)bǽre; see I-bere.

Bere
sb. bear, C, MD, PP; beres, pl. C2; beores, PP.—AS. bera: OHG. bero.

Bere
sb. bier, HD, MD. See Beere.

Bere
sb. barley, MD; beir, S3; beris, gen., S3.—AS. bere.

Beren
v. to bear; bere, S, W; berþ, pr. s., S2; beoreð, pl., S; bar, pt. s., S, S2, C2; bare, S2; ber, S2, C3; baar, W; bure, S3; beore, pl., S; boren, pp. born, S2; borun, W2; iboren, S; iborn, S; ibore, S, S2; y-boren, C2; y-born, C2; y-bore, S2, C2, Phr. bereth on hand, persuades, makes (him) believe, assures, S3; berth hir on hond, beareth false witness against her, C3.—AS. beran.

Beren
v. to cry, make a noise, MD, HD; bere, to low as a cow, PP; see Bere.

Bergh
sb. hill, PP; berghe, PP; beruh, PP; berwe, PP; berghe, dat., P.—AS. beorg; cp. OIr. bri (Windisch).

Beriall
adj. blueish-green, beryl-coloured, S3. See Beril.

Berie
sb. berry, C; bery, Prompt.; beries, pl. grapes, S, PP.—AS. berige.

Berien
v. to pierce, strike, MD; bery, to thresh, Cath.—Icel. berja, to strike; cp. Lat. ferire.

Beril
sb. beryl, MD; berel, MD.—OF. beril; Lat. beryllus; Gr. βήρυλλος.

Beringe
sb. birth, behaviour, bearing, C2, S; berynge, PP; see Beren.

Berken
v. to bark, S2, PP; berkyd, pt. s., S2.—AS. beorcan.

Berkere
sb. watch-dog, PP.

Berkyng
sb. barking, C.

Berme
sb. harm, Prompt., S; berm, C3.—AS. beorma.

Bern
sb. a man, PP, HD; berne, PP; burn, S2; burne, S2; beorn, MD; burnes, pl., S2; biernes, P.—AS. beorn.

Bern
sb. barn, C2, MD; beren, S (12. 263), MD; berne, S; dat., C3, W; bernes, pl., W, W2, P.—AS. bern: ONorth. ber-ern, i.e. barley-house.

Bernacle
sb. a snaffle for a horse, W2; barnacle, Voc., NED.

Bernake
sb. an instrument set on the nose of unruly horses, Voc.; bernak, Prompt.—OF. bernac.

Bernake
sb. barnacle, a fabulous kind of goose, S2, MD, NED.—OF. bernaque; cp. Low Lat. bernaca.

Bernen
v. to burn, MD, S, S2; barnen, MD, S; bearnen, S; beornen, S; birnen, S; barnde, pt. s., S2; barnd, pp., S2.—AS. beornan. Cf. Brennen.

Bersten
v. to burst, S, C; see Bresten.

Berstles
sb. pl. bristles, C; see Brystylle.

Berȝen
v. to help, deliver, preserve, NED; berwen, S; berrȝhenn, S; beregeð, pr. s., S; iborhen, pp., S; iboreȝe, S; iboruwen, S.—AS. beorgan.

Besaunt
sb. a gold coin named from Byzantium, W, MD; besauntes, pl., S3; besauntis, W.—OF. besant.

Besme
sb. besom, rod, Prompt.; besmes, pl., S; besyms, W; besmen, dat., S.—AS. besma.

Best
adj. and adv. superl. best, PP; beast, S; bezste, S.

Beste
sb. advantage, S.

Bet
adv. comp. better, S, C, C2, S2, G; bette, P. Phr., go bet, go as fast as you can, C3; betere, adj. and adv. S, S2; betre, S, S2; bettre, S.

Betaken
v. to betoken, S2; see Bi-toknen.

Beten
v. to amend, S, S2, P, S3; beete, to kindle, C; beyt, S3; bet, pr. s., S; betten, pt. pl., kindled, C3; bet, pp., S, S2; ibet, S.—AS. bétan, pt. bétte, pp. béted. See Bote.

Beten
v. to beat, S, C, PP; see Beeten.

Beuer
sb. beaver, S, Voc.; beuveyr, S.—AS. befer (beofer); cp. OHG. bibar.

Beye
v. to buy, CM, C3; see Biggen.

Beye
adj. both, S2; beien, S; beyne, S.—AS. begen.

Beyer
adj. gen. of both, PP; beire, PP, MD; beyre, MD.—AS. begra.

Beyn
adj. pliant, flexible, pleasant, S3, Prompt.; see Bayn.