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---- _adv._--of time. RG. 443. [biforen] Wright's L. P. p. 24
---- == foreward, onward. O. and N. 774
Beget, _v. a._ == obtain. O. and N. 726. RG. 516
---- == procreate. RG. 516. part. 'by?yte.' RG. 388
Begetting, _sb._ Alys. 6866
Beggar, _sb._ Body and Soul, 139
Begin, _v. n._ RG. 380
Beginning, _sb._ RG. 384
---- == (of a country.) RG. 399
Begon, _part._ == adorned, or covered with. Ritson's AS. viii. 35. Cf.
'woebegone'
Begrown, _part._ [bi-growe]. O. and N. 27
Beguile, _v. a._ K. Horn, 328
Beh. See Bow, _vb._
Behalve, _v. a._ == divide into two parts. HD. 1834
Behead, _v. a._ Pol. S. 213
Behest, _sb._ RG. 231
Behind, _prep._ O. and N. 594
---- _adv._ RG. 395
Behind, _sb._ == rump. O. and N. 596
Behold, _v. a._ == hold in the hand. O. and N. 1323
---- _v. n._ == look up. RG. 395; have regard. Ps. v. 3
---- _v. a._ Wright's L. P. p. 86
Behoof, _sb._ RG. 348. [byefe], ib. 354
Behote, _sb._ == vow. Ps. cxv. 14
Behave, _v. n._ == RG. 177. Ps. cxiv. 18
Beigh, _sb._ == ring. Alys. 1572. AS. beag
Beigh, _v. a._ == bow, bend. Alys. 4373
Being, _sb._ == condition. Alys. 223
Beknow, _v. a._ == make known. Alys. 7472
---- == know thoroughly. Rel. S. i. 31
Belde, _v. a._ == protect? Wright's L. P. p. 24
Belie, _v. a._ O. and N. 837
Belay, _v. a._ == besiege. RG. 519
Belief, _sb._ == religious faith. RG. 73
Believe, _v. n._ RG. 229
Belive, or Blive, == quickly. RG. 50. SS. 'bilife.' Cf. Dan. 'oplive,' == to quicken, enliven, and the two senses of our Eng. 'quick'
Bell, _sb._ RG. 509, 541
Belly, _sb._ [bali]. Rel. S. v. 83
Bellows, _sb._ [bulies]. 467
Belock, _v. a._ == lock up. 3 s. pres. 'bi-luth.' O. and N. 1555. pret.
'bi-leck.' O. and N. 1079. part. 'bi-loken.' Rel. S. vii. 68
Beme, _sb._ == trumpet. Wright's L. P. p. 25. AS. beme
Bemoan, _v. a._ [bimene]. RG. 490
Bemoaning, _sb._ [bymening] == complaint. Alys. 534
Bemothered, == confused, perplexed. Pol. S. 158. Cf. Engl. prov. to 'mither' == to bother, perplex (the _i_ is p.r.o.nounced long). Probably connected with AS. mede == weary; Dutch, moeden
Bench, _sb._ Body and Soul, 153. [bink]. Ritson's AS. viii. 69
Bend, _v. a._ RG. 377, 536
Bende, _sb._ == bond. RG. 379
Bene, _sb._ == prayer. Wright's L. P. p. 58. AS. ben
Beneath, _prep._ O. and N. 910
