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332 GLOSSARIAL IXDEX, AND INDEX OF NAMES.
Be now, by now, by this time, 3825.
Be \>m ({^at), by this (that) time,
1313.
Be tyme, betimes, 1746.
Bebbing, s. bibbing, drinking, 4506.
Be-bled (To-bled), pp. covered with
blood, 1274.
Bebricans, the Bebrician's, 5333.
Bebrik, adj. Bebrician, 5178, 5214.
Bebrike, Bebricia, 5151.
Be-cause, conj. because, 230. See
Bicause.
Becomen, pp. gone, 166.
Bed, 8. bed, 381; (Bede), 1506;
Beddis,pZ. 5267 ;
(Beddes), 1763.
Beddels (Bedels), pi. heralds, lit.
beadles, 2285, 2294.
Bede, v. bid, 2860 ;
Bedis, pr. s.
bids, commands, 3565 ; Beds,
5462 ; Bedis (Biddez), 1473, 1668,
1906 ;
Bedis (Byddes), pr. s. bids,
1492,3137; (Biddes),2749; Bedis,
pr. s. offers, 3115 ; Bedis j^am \>e
bake, offers them his back, takes
to flight, 3054 ; Bede, pr. pj. 1 p.
offer, 4289 ; Bedis (Bydes), 2Jr.pl.
bid, advise, 2658 ; Bed, 1 pt. s.
(Byd, 1 pr. $.) bade, 2479 ; Bede,
pt. s. bade, 811* 3319 ; Bed, pt. s.
offered, 3557; (Badde), offered,
1664 ; Bed hem (bidden f.aim) \^e
bake, took (taken) to flight, 1944 ;
Beden, pp. bidden, 71.
Bedell, adj. sharp, 4096. Evidently
a variant of M.E. bitel, biting,
sharp, Ormulum, 10074 ; Layamon,
vol. ii. p. 395 ; vol. iii.
p. 73.
Bedene, adv. forthwith, at once,
quickly, 474, 1905, 2100, 2656,
3367, 4056, 4113, 4225 ; continually,
4788; All bedene, all at
once, 3743. See All-bedene.
Beding, s. bidding, 3529 ; Bedinge,
4778.
Bedis, pr. s. requires, asks, 4537 ;
(Bedes), prays, 1482 ; Bede (Bid),
1 pr. pi pray, ask, 1683.
Bedis, pi. prayers, 4670.
Bedsted, s. place for a bed, 373.
Bedwyn, name, 6498.
Bee, V. be, 3793; (Be), ger. to be,
2092 ;
Bees, pr. s. used as future,
will be, shall be, 174, 1899, 1991,
4781 ;
(Beys), 892; Avill be, can be,
3378 ;
Bees (Be), imp. pi. 2 p. be
ye, 2604 ;
(Beys), 874, 2435 ; used
for the sing., 1355. And see Be.
Beeris, error for Heeris {as shewn
hy the alliteration), pi. armies,
hosts, 5673.
Bees, pil. ornaments, jewels, chains
(of gold), 1548, 2337, 5274;
(Beys), 3225. A.S. heah. In 1.
5472, bees signifies ornaments of
gold ; and as gold is, in poetry,
said to be red, the author has been
led by alliteration to describe the
hees as blood-red.
Beet, ger. to kindle, 3918. A.S.
beta n
Beete, ger. beat out, forge, 3626.
Befall, V. happen, 251, 433 ;
(Befalle),
1641.
Before, prep, before, 1146, 2295,
2303; Befor, 272, 1900, 3973;
adv. before, beforehand, 76, 736*
798*, 1240 ; Be-for (Before), conj.
before, 2290; Here-before (beforne),
ere now, 721.
Be-£orne, prep, before, 361, 3769,
Beforn, 4862; Beforne (Before),
1321, 1598 ;
(Aforne), 2964.
Be-forne, adv. before, 2262, 2274
in front, 1561.
Begane, pp. adorned, 4911. A.S.
be-gdn, pp. of be-gdn, to go round.
Begin (Begyn), v. begin, 2272 ;
(Began), j^t. pi 2044. See Begyn.
Be-glouird,^r. s. behdds, 266 ; Behald,
2 pr. pi. 269 ;
Beheld, pt. s.
42, 223, 264; Behald (Byhald),
imp. s. 702, 740 ; Behalds, imp.
pi. 4996.
Behalue, s. behalf, 5037.