Bezant, _sb._ == a piece of money. RG. 409. From Byzantium, or Constantinople, where they were originally used
Bicast, _v. a._ == cast over, cover. 92 β
Bicatch, _v. a._ == deceive, ensnare. Alys. 258. K. Horn, 318
Bicharred, _part._ == deceived. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211; M. Ode, 160. AS. becýrran
Bicherme, _v. a._ == chirp about or around. O. and N. 279. AS. cyrm
Bicker, _v. n._ == quarrel. RG. 540. Fr. becquer. W. bicra == to fight
Bicker, _sb._ == a quarrel, contention, battle. RG. 538, 543
Biclipe, Biclupe, _v. a._ == accuse. 365 B.
Biclose, _v. a._ == enclose. RG. 558, 218
Bid, _v. a._ == ask. RG. 77. 3 pl. pret. ‘badden.’ Alys. 5823. See ‘bede’
---- == command. RG. 29. pret. ‘bad.’ 683 B. part. ‘y-bede.’ RG. 383. AS. biddan
Bid, _v. a._ == offer, pret. ‘bode.’ RG. 379. ‘beod’? O. and N. 1435. AS. beódan
Bid, _sb._ == asking, demand. Pol. S. 149
Bidding, _sb._ == demand, request. Pol. S. 150
Bidene, _adv._ == presently. Ps. l. 4; ciii. 30
Bidelve, _v. a._ == bury. Rel. Ant. i. 116
Bidone, _part._ == ‘bidun in grave.’ Body and Soul, 97
Bieren, _sb._ == a man. Ps. cxxvi. 5; cxxxix. 2. AS. beorn
Biflette, _v. n._ == flow past. K. Horn, 1457
Bifluen, _v. a._ == flee from. M. Ode, 77
Big, _v. a._ == build. Ps. xxvii. 5. AS. byggen. ON. byggja
Bigabbed, _part._ == deceived. Lit. ‘talked over.’ RG. 458. AS. gabban
Biggand, _sb._ == a builder. Ps. cxvii. 22
Bigrede, _v. a._ == lament. Alys. 5175. AS. grædan.
Bihaite, _v. a._ == behold? O. and N. 1320. AS. behawian. Or, possibly, == observe, regard. AS. hedan. Germ, behüten. See Gloss. Rem. on Laȝ. iii. 457
Bihemmen, _v. a._ == cover, cloak. O. and N. 672
Bihepe, _part._ == heaped up. O. and N. 360
Bihete, _v. a._ == promise, pret. ‘bihet.’ RG. 381. ‘byheyghte.’ Alys. 3926
Bike, _sb._ == cassia. Ps. xliv. 9. Literally ‘pitch.’ ON. bik
Bilede, _v. a._ == lead about. Pol. S. 155. O. and N. 68
Bilegge, _v. a._ == assert, allege. O. and N. 672
---- _v. n._ == remain. RG. 372, 374. [bilaue]. Alys. 3541
Biliked, _part._ == rendered likely or probable. O. and N. 840
Bilime, _v. a._ == to mutilate. RG. 471, 560
Bilimp, _v. n._ == happen. M. Ode, st. 59 AS. belimpan
Bilou, _pret._ == laughed at. RG. 328. [bylaucte]. K. Horn, 681. [by lowe], RG. 299. [by lowȝ]. RG. 64