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482 GLOSSARIAL INDEX,<strong>English</strong>, but <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> <strong>to</strong> as aprefix was no longer rightly unders<strong>to</strong>od.Beheestyng, pres. pari, promising,3 b. 1375. But <strong>the</strong> spelling Beboting{JTx'xn. MS.) is far preferable.A. S. behdtan, <strong>to</strong> promiseBeholdinge, wrongly used forBcholuen, pp. indebted, 25. lO.'Beholdyn, or bowndyn, Olligor,teneor.' Prompt. Parv. Old writersuse not only beholding, but evenbeboldingness.Behote, pp. called, named, 28 b.54. {Misused.)Beild, sb. protection, 13. 257. A. S.byldan, <strong>to</strong> build ;<strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> shorterform bdan, <strong>to</strong> build.'Beir,sb. barley, 22. 4694. Sc. bear,Mceso-Goth. barizeins, <strong>of</strong> barley,John 6. 9.Beis, /r. s. asfut. shall be, 6. 433,22. 5595 ; /""• pi- Be]), are, I.254; imp. pi. Be>, be ye, r. 442 ;Beth, 2. 627 ; pp. Be, been, 19 a.347-Beks, pr. s. beckons, gives a sign,gives a significant <strong>to</strong>ken or nod,4- 33^- Cf. 'nods and becks' inMil<strong>to</strong>n's L'Allegro.Belded, />/. built, i. 548; Belt, 3b. 1223. A.S. byldan, <strong>to</strong> build.Beldyng, sb. building, i. 548;Beldinge, <strong>the</strong> act <strong>of</strong> building, I.501.Belliche, adv. beautifully, I. 173.O. F. bel, F. beau.Belt. See Belded.Belyne, adv. immediately, 22.5615. O. F. bi life, with life,quickly.Bemyng, sb. humming, 13. 244.Du. bommen, <strong>to</strong> give a sound likean empty barrel.Benel'undatum, sb. Lat. thatwhich is well founded, premisses(a term in logic), 16. 309.Benen, sb. pi. beans, i. 762.Bent, sb. coarse grass, grass-coveredplain, 7. II. G. binse, rush, bentgrass.Benyng, adj. F. benign, 6. 202,II a. 3.Berayne, pr.pl. be-rain, bedew, 19/. 42 ;pt. pi. Beraynde, bedewed,wetted, 24. 74.Berdes, sb.pl. 2. 620; shaued herberdes = shaved <strong>the</strong>ir beards. Seenote.Bereth, pr. s. bereth on hand =persuades, makes (him) believe,assures, 14. 448.Beriall, adj. blueish-green, <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>colour <strong>of</strong> beryl, 13. 60.Beris, sb. gen. sing, <strong>of</strong> barley, 13.77. Sc. bear, E. bar-ley. SeeBeir.Besauntes, sb. pi. bezants, 8. v.12. A gold coin worth 15/.sterling, first coined at Byzanmim.Beseyn, pp. S. arrayed, 3 b. 1337 ;Besene, equipped, 1 1 a. 7 Beseyne,;decked, 6. 213. Well beseen is<strong>the</strong> common phrase for arrangedin a sightly manner.Beslombred, pp. beslobbered, bedaubed,I. 427. Cf. G. schlunipern,<strong>to</strong> draggle.Bespayke, pt. s. spake, 7. 45.A. S. besprecen, <strong>to</strong> speak <strong>to</strong>.Besprent, pp. besprinkled, bedewed,24. 32; Besprint, 28 a. ill.A. S. sprengan, (i) <strong>to</strong> spring, (2)<strong>to</strong> sprinkle.Besynesse, sb. activity, 4, 155.Bet, pt. s. beat, 13. 24 ; 19 a. 627.Bete, 3 />. 5. imp. make better,remedy, amend, 7. 140. A. S.betan, <strong>to</strong> better ; bet, better : but,advantage, boot, remedy ; cf. Sc.beet, <strong>to</strong> kindle.Bej), Beth.See Beis.Betight, pp. happened, befallen,28 a. 174. (Should be had betided.Bewis, sb. pi. S. boughs, ii a. 5 ;Bewys, 13. 66.Beyderoule, sb. a be?d-roll, i.e.a catalogue <strong>of</strong> persons for whomprayers are <strong>to</strong> be said, <strong>the</strong> prayersbeing counted on <strong>the</strong> beads <strong>of</strong> achaplet, 16. 150.

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