beāh- = bēag-
beāhsian to ask advice, Bl 19929; 20528.
bealanīð = bealunīð
bealcan, bealcettan to ‘belch,’ utter, bring up, splutter out, give forth, emit, Ps; Æ: come forth.
beald (a) ‘bold,’ brave, confident, strong, Ps; AO, CP: impudent.
bealde adv. boldly, courageously, confidently: without hesitation, immediately.
bealdian to be bold, B 2177. [‘bold’]
bealdlīce ‘boldly,’ Jul.
bealdnes (a) f. boldness.
bealdor † m. lord, master, hero.
bealdwyrde bold of speech, Æ.
beale- = bealu-
bealg, bealh pret. 3 sg. of belgan.
beallucas mp. ‘testiculi,’ Gl. [‘ballock’]
bealo = bealu
bealo- = bealu-
bealu I. † gs. b(e)al(u)wes n. ‘bale,’ harm, injury, destruction, ruin, evil, mischief, Sat, Ps, Chr: wickedness, malice: a noxious thing, Æ.
II. adj. baleful, deadly, dangerous, wicked, evil.
bealubend m. pernicious bond, W 1782.
bealubenn f. mortal wound, Ex 238.
bealublonden pernicious, GnE 198.
bealuclomm mf. oppressive bond, Hell 65.
bealucræft m. magic art, Met 2675.
bealucwealm m. violent death, B 2265.
bealudǣd † f. evil deed, sin.
bealuful ‘baleful,’ dire, wicked, cruel, Cr.
bealufūs prone to sin, Rim 50.
bealu-hycgende ‡, -hȳdig ‡ meditating mischief.
bealuinwit n. deceit, treachery, PPs 5424.
bealulēas † harmless, innocent, Chr, Gn. [‘baleless’]
bealunīð † m. malice, wickedness.
bealurāp m. oppressive fetter, Cr 365.
bealusearu n. wicked machination, Jul 473.
bealusīð † m. hurt, adversity: death.
bealusorg f. dire sorrow, Ph 409.
bealuspell n. baleful message, Ex 510.
bealuðonc m. evil thought, Jul 469.
bēam I. m. tree, KC, Rd: ‘beam,’ rafter, piece of wood, Chr, Mt; CP, Mdf: cross, gallows, Cr: (†) ship, Rd: column, pillar: sunbeam, Chr, Ps: metal girder, AO.
bēamsceadu † f. shade of a tree.
bēamtelg ‡ m. wood-dye, carbonaceous ink.
bēamweg m. road made with logs, BC 1·417´.
bēamwer m. wooden weir? BC 2·242´.
bēan (īe) f. ‘bean,’ pea, legume, Lcd; Mdf.
bēan-belgas, -coddas (Lk) mp. bean-pods, husks or cods. [v. ‘cod’]
bēancynn n. a kind of bean, WW 2053.
bēanen adj. of beans, Lcd 1·2829.
bēanlēag f. land where beans grow, KC 5·265. [v. ‘bean’]
bēanmelu n. bean meal, Lcd 31b.
bēansǣd n. bean seed.
bēanscalu f. bean-pod, OEG 608.
bēar (NG) = bēor
bearce (æ) f. barking, Gl.
beard m. ‘beard,’ VPs; Æ.
+bearded having a beard, GD 27914.
beardlēas beardless, youthful.
bearg I. m. ‘barrow’ pig, hog, Mt (e), Rd.
bearhtm I. (br-, e, eo, y) m. brightness, flash: twinkling (of an eye), instant.
bearhtme adv. instantly.
bearhtmhwæt swift as the twinkling of an eye, momentary, Az 107 (br-).
bearhtmhwīl f. moment, twinkling of an eye, point of time, GD.
bearm I. (a) m. lap, bosom, breast, Lk: middle, inside: (†) possession.
II. emotion, excitement? PPs 118.
bearmclāð n. apron.
bearmtēag yeast-box, LL 455[17].
bearn I. (a, eo) n. child, son, descendant, offspring, issue, B, Mt, TC; AO, CP. lēoda b. children of men. [‘bairn’]
II. = barn pret. 3 sg. of biernan.
bearnan (N) = biernan
bearncennicge mother, DR.
bearn-ēaca (CP, Æ), -ēacen (CP), -eacnod, -ēacnigende (Æ) pregnant.
bearnende (NG) = biernende ptc. of biernan.
bearngebyrda fp. child-bearing, B 946.
bearngestrēon n. procreation of children, Rd 2127.
bearnlēas childless, Æ.
bearnlēast (ē2) f. childlessness.
bearnlufe affection (for a child), adoption, BH 45411.
bearn-myrðra m., -myrðre f. murderer or murderess of a child.
bearntēam m. offspring, posterity, AO: procreation of children, HL. [‘bairnteam’]
bearrige f? ‘braugina,’ ‘baruina,’ Gl.
bēarscipe = bēorscipe
±bearu gs. bearwes m. grove, wood, BH; CP; Mdf. [berwe]
bearug = bearg
bearunæs m. woody shore, Rd 585.
bearwe (æ) f. basket, wheelbarrow, LL 45515.
bearwes v. bearu.
beasu = basu I.
+bēat n. scourging, Æ.
±bēatan7 pret. bēot and (rarely) beoft (ES 38·28) to ‘beat,’ strike, thrust, dash, Bo, Bl, Ps: hurt, injure, Da 265: tramp, tread, B.
bēatere m. beater, boxer, Æ.
bēaw m. gad-fly, WW.
bebaðian to bathe, wash (tr. intr. and refl.).
bebēodan2 to offer, commit, entrust, CP: bid, enjoin, instruct, command, require, Æ, Lk; AO, CP: announce, proclaim. [‘bibede’]
bebēodend m. commander, master, CP.
bebēodendlic commanding, imperative, ÆGr.
bebeorgan3 to be on one’s guard, defend, protect, B. [‘bibergh’]
beberan4 to carry to, supply with.
bebindan3 to bind about, bind fast, Æ.
be-birgan, -birigan = bebyrgan
bebītan (bibī-) to bite, Cp 251m.
beblāwan to blow upon.
bebod n. command, injunction, order, decree, Mt; Æ, AO, CP. ðā bebodu the (ten) commandments. [‘bibod’]
beboddæg m. appointed day, A 11·10267.
bebodian wv. = bebēodan
bebodrǣden f. command, authority, LPs 118110.
bebrǣdan to spread, cover, MH 4419.
bebrecan4 to break to pieces, Sol 295.
bebregdan3 to pretend, LkL 2020.
bebrūcan2 to practise: consume (food).
bebūgan2 to flow round, surround, enclose: turn from, shun, avoid, El: reach, extend. [‘bibugh’]
bebycgan (A) to sell.
bebycgung f. selling, WW.
bebyrdan to fringe, border, WW 37541.
be-byrgan (AO) -byrian I. to raise a mound to, bury, inter, Æ. [‘bebury’]
be-byrgednes, -byrig(ed)nes f. burial, burying.
bebyrig- = bebyrg-
bebyrwan (?= -bȳwan, BT) to rub over, GD 3183.
bec = bæc
bēc v. bōc.
becæfian to ornament, WW 13722.
+bēcan to make over in writing, grant by charter, EC 202´.
becc = bæc II.
becca m. pick, mattock, WW; Æ. [‘beck’; and v. Indog. Forschungen 24]
beccen m. buyer, WW (KGl) 7536. [= bycgend]
bece m. = bæc II.
bēce (oe) f. ‘beech’ (tree), Gl. (v. also bōc.)
becēapian1 to sell, Æ: buy, Æ.
becefed = becæfed, pp. of becæfian.
bēcen I. ‘beechen,’ made of beechwood, Lcd, WW.
beceorfan3 to cut, cut off, separate, Æ. hēafde b. to behead.
beceorian to murmur at, complain of.
becēowan2 to gnaw in pieces, Soul 111.
becēpan I. to take notice of, LPs.
becīdan to complain of, ÆH 2·4706.
becierran (e, y) to turn, turn round, pass by, avoid, Met; CP: wind, twist: pervert, Chr: give up, betray. [‘bicharre’]
beclǣman to plaster over, poultice, Lcd.
beclǣnsian to cleanse, SPs 1814.
beclemman to bind, enclose, Sol 71.
beclencan to hold fast, LPs 10418.
beclēsung = beclȳsung
beclingan3 enclose, bind, El 696.
beclipð (CP) = beclypð pres. 3 sg. of beclyppan.
beclīsung = beclȳsung
beclypian (eo) to accuse, challenge, sue at law, LL. [‘beclepe’]
beclyppan to clasp, embrace, encompass, hold, Æ.
beclypping f. embrace, OEG.
beclȳsan to close, shut up, enclose, confine, imprison, Æ. [clūse]
beclȳsung f. enclosure, cell, OEG 1522: period, syllogism, OEG.
becnāwan7 to know, RB.
becnedan5 to knead up, Lcd 93a.
bēcnydlic = bȳcnendlic
becnyttan to knit, tie, bind, Æ, CP.
becol-a? m., -e? f. spectre, WW 53033.
bēcrǣding = bōcrǣding
becrēopan2 to creep into, crawl, AO: be hidden, Æ.
bēctrēow = bōctrēow
becuman4 to happen, befall, Æ: come, approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with, B; Æ, AO, CP: happen, befall, Bo, Æ: (impers.) befit, MkL 1431. [‘become’]
bēcun (NG) = bēacan
becwelan4 to die, LL 400 (1).
becweðan5 to say: speak to, address, exhort, admonish, blame, Ps: ‘bequeath,’ leave by will, KC; Æ.
becweðere m. interpreter, translator, EHy 16 (proem.).
becwyddod bespoken, deposited, WW 11539.
becwylman? to torment (BT).
becyme m. event, result, BH 37219.
becȳpan to sell.
becyrran = becierran
±bed I. n. prayer, supplication, Æ, CP: religious ordinance, service, Æ.
III. = bæd pret. 3 sg. of biddan.
bedǣlan to deprive, strip, bereave of, rob, Æ: release, free from. [‘bedeal’]
bēdan = bēodan
+bēdan = +bædan
bedbǣr (ē) f. portable bed, NG.
+bedbigen f. payment for prayers, LL 258 (51). [bycgan]
bedbolster m. bolster, pillow, WW 12420.
bedbūr n. bed-chamber, HGl 481.
±bedcleofa (e, i, y) m. bedroom, chamber: lair, Ps.
bed-cofa m., -cofe f. bedchamber.
bedd n. ‘bed,’ couch, resting-place, Jn, KC; CP: garden-bed, plot, Lcd; Mdf.
+bedda f. consort, wife, B. [‘i-bedde’]
±beddagas mpl. rogation days.
beddclāð m. bed-covering; pl. bed-clothes.
beddclyfa = bedcleofa
beddgemāna m. cohabitation, CP 9925.
beddian to make a ‘bed,’ WW: provide one with a bed, LL.
bedding f. ‘bedding,’ bed-covering, LPs, WW; Æ: bed.
beddrēaf = bedrēaf
beddrest † f. bed.
beddstōw f. bed, BH 41012.
be-dēaglian (-dēahl) = bedīglian
bedecian to beg, Æ, CP.
bedēglian = bedīglian
bedēlan = bedǣlan
bedelfan3 to dig round, Lk: bury, Rood; AO. [‘bedelve’]
bedelfung f. digging round, WW 14911.
bedeppan = bedyppan
bedfelt mn. bed-covering, RB 9116.
bedgerid n. (ant’s) nest, Lcd 118a.
+bedgiht f. evening, WW 1178.
±bedhūs n. chapel, oratory, Æ.
+bedian to pray, worship, BH 40829.
bedīcian to surround with a dyke, embank, fortify, Chr 1016e.
bedidrian = bedydrian
be-dīglian (-dīhl-; ēa, ē, īe) to conceal, hide, obscure, keep secret, Æ: be concealed, lie hid.
bedīgling f. secret place, RPs 808.
beding = bedding
bedīolan (K) = bedīeglan
bedīpan (ē, ȳ) to dip, immerse: anoint, CPs 1405.
+bedmann m. worshipper, priest.
bedōn to shut, PPs 1472. [‘bedo’]
bedol = bedul
±bedrǣden f. prayer, intercession, Æ.
bedragan v. pp. bedrōg.
bedrēaf n. bed-clothes, bedding, Æ.
bedreda (i, y) m. (and adj.) ‘bedridden’ (man), Æ.
bedrēf = bedrēaf
bedrēosan2 to overcome, deceive? Gen 528, 823: deprive of, bereave, despoil.
bedrest = beddrest
bedrīfan1 to drive, beat, strike, assail, AO: follow up, pursue: surround, cover.
bedrincan3 to drink up, absorb, Lcd.
bedrīp n. compulsory service rendered to a landowner at harvest time, LL. [‘bedrip’]
bedrōg beguiled, Gen 602.
bedrūgian to dry up, Lcd 1·3364.
bedryda = bedreda
bedrȳpan to moisten, GPH 39118.
+bedscipe † m. cohabitation, wedlock.
+bedstōw f. place of prayer, oratory.
bedstrēaw n. straw for bedding, ÆL 31572.
bedtīd f. bed-time, WW 1762.
+bedtīd time of prayer, MH 12618.
bed-ðegn, -ðen, m. chamber-servant, chamberlain, WW.
bedu f. asking, prayer, CP. [Goth. bida]
bedūfan2 immerse, submerge, drown, Æ. [‘bedove’]
bedul suppliant, WW 18012.
bedwāhrift n. bed-curtain, Ct.
bedydrian to conceal from, Æ: deceive, Æ.
bedȳfan to immerse, GD 7324; CPs 6816.
bedȳglan = bedīeglan
bedȳpan = bedīpan
be-dyppan (e), to dip, immerse, Æ, Mt. [‘bedip’]
beēastan to the east of, AO, Chr.
beēastannorðan to the north-east of, AO.
beebbian to leave aground by the ebb tide, strand, Chr 897a.
beefesian to cut off the hair, ÆL 3384.
beerf- = beyrf-
befædman = befæðman
befǣlon pret. 3 pl. of befēolan.
befæstan to fasten, fix, ground, establish, make safe, put in safe keeping, Æ, CP: apply, utilize: commend, entrust to, Æ, CP.
befæstnian (ea) to fix, Æ: pledge, betroth.
befættian to fatten, anoint, LPs 1405.
befæðman, -mian to encircle, Æ.
befaran6 to go, go round or among, traverse, encompass, surround, AO: come upon, surprise, catch, LL 230, 13, 1.
befealdan7 to fold, roll up, envelop, clasp, surround, involve, cover, Æ, CP: attach.
befeallan I. (sv7) to fall, Mt, CP; Æ: deprive of, bereave of: fall to, be assigned to: ‘befall,’ ÆGr.
befeastnian (NG) = befæstan
befēgan to join, ÆL 23425.
befelgan = befylgan
befellan = befyllan
befelðrǣd = hefeldðrǣd (HGl 489)
befeohtan3 to take by fighting, Rd 432. [‘befight’]
befēolan3 to put away, bury: deliver, grant, consign, entrust to, Ps: betake oneself to, apply oneself, devote oneself to, persist, persevere, CP: importune: put up with, be pleased with. [‘bifele’]
befeolhan = befēolan
befēon to deprive of property, OEG 3157.
befer (eo, y) m. ‘beaver,’ ÆGr (eo); Mdf.
befēran to surround, Æ: come upon, overtake, pass by: go about: fall among, NG.
befician to deceive, LL (32024).
befīlan = befȳlan
befilgan = befylgan
befiod (HGl 480) pp. of befēon.
beflēan6 to peel, skin, flay, WW. beflagen flǣsc entrails. [‘beflay’]
beflēogan2 to fly upon, BH. [‘befly’]
beflēon2 (w. a.) to flee from, flee, escape, avoid, Ps; CP. [‘beflee’]
beflōwan7 to flow round, over, Wif. [‘beflow’]
befōn7 to surround, clasp, include, envelop, encase, clothe, Bl; Æ, AO, CP: comprehend, seize, attach (at law), lay hold of, catch, ensnare, Gen: contain, receive, conceive: explain, CP. wordum b. tell, relate. on b. have to do with, engage in. [‘befong’]
befor = befer
beforan I. prep. α. (w. d.) (local) ‘before,’ in front of, in the presence of: (temporal) before, prior to, sooner than. β. (w. a.) before.
II. adv. (local) before, in front: (temporal) before, formerly, in former times, earlier, sooner: at hand, openly.
beforhtian to dread, Æ 23b525.
befōtian to cut off one’s feet, Æ 25117.
befrēogan to free, liberate, Ps.
be-frīnan, -frignan3 to question, ask, learn, Æ.
befrīnung f. inquiry, investigation, OEG 2309.
befrȳnan = befrīnan
beftan = beæftan
befullan entirely, completely, perfectly, CP 520.
befȳlan (ī) to befoul, defile, Lcd; Æ. [‘befile’]
befylgan to follow after, pursue, persevere with, Lcd.
befyllan I. to fell, lay low, strike down: (†) take by killing, bereave, rob. [feallan]
bēg = bēag
begalan6 to sing incantations over, enchant, Lcd; Æ. [‘bigale’]
begān to go over, traverse, Æ: get to, come by, fall into: go to, visit, care for, cultivate, AO: occupy, Æ, BH, Lcd: surround, Chr. ūtan b. besiege: practise, do, engage in, perform, attend to, be diligent about, Æ, CP: honour, serve, worship: profess. on borh b. pledge oneself, CP. [‘bego’]
begang m. †way, course, circuit, extent: district, region: business, undertaking, practice, exercise, service, reverence, worship: cultivation, GD. [= bīgeng]
beganga = bīgenga
begangan = begān
begangol (bigeong-) m.? cultivator, LkR: worship, DR.
be-gānnes, -gangnes f. ‘calendæ,’ celebration.
begbēam m. bramble, thorn-bush.
bēge = bēgen
bēgea = bēga
bēgean = bīegan
begēat I. m. attainment, Æ: acquisitions, property, Æ.
begēm- = begīm-
bēgen nm. (but where one thing is m. and the other f. or n., the nom. is bā, bū), nf. bā, nn. bū; gmfn. bēg(e)a, bēgra; dimfn. bǣm, bām; am. bū; af. bā; an. bū both. v. also būtū. [‘bo’]
begenga = bīgenga
begēomerian to lament, W 7515.
begeondan (AO, CP), begeonde, -geonan, prep. w. a. d.; and adv. ‘beyond,’ on the other side, Æ, Chr, Jn.
begeotan = begietan
begēotan2 to pour over or upon, anoint, infuse, flood (with), sprinkle, cover with fluid, Chr; Æ. [‘bigeten’; Ger. begiessen]
beger n. berry, Gl.
beget = begeat pret. 3 sg. of begietan.
begeten pp. of (1) begēotan, (2) begietan.
bēgian = bēagian
begiellan3 to sing, celebrate, Seaf 24.
begietan5 (e, i, y) to get, find, acquire, attain, receive, take, seize, AO, CP: happen: beget.
begietend (e) m. one who gets, WW 21425.
begīman (ȳ) to look after, take care of: do service, attend: take heed, observe.
begīmen f. attention, observation.
begīming f. invention, device: observance: care, regard, OEG (ȳ).
begīnan1 to open the mouth wide, swallow.
beginnan3 to ‘begin,’ Æ; AO, CP: attempt, undertake, Æ: attack, AO.
begir = beger
begirdan = begyrdan
begitan (AO, CP) = begietan
begleddian to befoul, pollute, Æ: stain, dye, Æ.
beglīdan1 to leave, desert, PPs 561.
begnagan6 to gnaw.
begneorð? attentive, BH 3702 (?= *becneord, BT).
begnīdan1 to rub thoroughly, Lcd 50a.
begnornian to mourn for, B 3179.
begong = begang
begrǣtan = begrētan
begrafan5 to bury, El 835. [‘begrave’]
begrētan to lament, PPs 7763.
begrindan3 † to grind, polish, sharpen: deprive of, rob.
begrīpan1 to grip, seize: chide, Ps. [‘begripe’]
begriwen ptc. steeped in, Æ.
begroren overwhelmed, Sat 52.
begrornian = begnornian
begrynian to ensnare, entrap. [grīn]
begȳm- = begīm-
begyrdan to gird, clothe, Æ: surround, fortify, CP.
begytan = begietan
behabban to include, hold, surround, comprehend, contain, AO, CP: detain, withhold.
behādian to unfrock (a priest), LL.
behæfednes f. restraint, temperance.
behæpsian to fasten a door, ÆL 31214.
behǣs f. promise, vow, Chr 1093. [v. ‘behest’]
behættian to scalp, Æ: make bald.
behaldan = behealdan
behamelian to mutilate, hamstring, Æ: strip naked?
behammen ‘clavatus,’ (of shoe) patched (BT), studded with nails (Napier), GD 3713.
behāt n. promise, vow, Æ: threat.
behātan7 (often w. d. pers.) to promise, vow, pledge oneself, Æ; CP: threaten. [‘behight’]
behātland n. promised land, GD 20412.
behāwian to see clearly, take care, consider, Mt. [‘bihowe’]
behēafdian to ‘behead,’ Mt; Æ, AO.
behēafdung f. beheading, Æ.
behēafodlic capital (punishment), OEG 4042.
behealdan7 to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, KC; CP: contain: keep, observe, consider, Bl, Ps; AO, CP: to ‘behold,’ look at, gaze on, observe, see, Gen; Æ, CP: signify, Æ: avail, effect: take care, beware, be cautious, CP: act, behave.
behealdend m. beholder, spectator, BH 2623.
behealdennes f. observance, DR: continence, DR.
behealdnes f. regard, observation, Æ.
behēawan7 to cut, chip, chop, beat, CP: cut off from, deprive of.
be-hēfe, -hēf(e)lic suitable, proper, necessary, Æ.
behēfnes f. convenience, utility.
behelan4 to cover over, hide.
beheldan = behealdan
behelian to cover over, conceal, bury, CP.
behelmian to cover over, Sol 104.
behēofian to lament.
be-heonan, -heonon prep. (w. d.) and adv. on this side of, close by.
be-hēot, -hēt, pret. 3 sg. of behātan.
behicgan = behycgan
behīdan = behȳdan
behīdiglīce = behȳdiglīce
behildan to depart, EPs 13819.
behindan I. prep. (w. d., a.), adv. ‘behind,’ after, Chr, etc.; CP.
behīring = behȳrung
behīwian to dissimulate, RBL 167.
behlæmman = behlemman
behlǣnan to surround.
behlāf f. remainder, Æ. [= *belāf]
behlēapan7 to leap upon, settle on, fix upon, devote oneself to, CP.
behlehhan = behlyhhan
behlemman † to dash together.
behlīdan1 to close, cover over, Æ, AO.
behliden = beliden, pp. of belīðan.
behlyhhan6 (e) † to deride, exult over, Gu. [‘bilaugh’]
behlȳðan to rob, deprive of, Rd 1510.
behōf n. behoof, profit: need, want, OEG 2734.
behōfian (abs. and w. g.) to have need of, require, want, BH, Lcd; CP, Æ: (impers.) it behoves, concerns, belongs, is needful or necessary, MtL, Jn. [‘behove’]
behōflic necessary, MkL. [‘behovely’]