A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Bayske], adj. bitter, H, MD; bask, MD, HD, JD; beȝȝsc, MD.—Icel. beiskr.

[ Be-], prefix. See in many cases Bi- words.

Beade; see [Bidden].

Bearnen; see [Bernen].

[ Bearyng in hand], sb. cajolery, S3; see [Beren].

[ Be-bedden], v. to supply with a bed, S.

[ Beche], sb. valley, S; bæch, MD; bache, NED.

[ Be-chece], v. to choke, stifle, S, NED.

[ Bedde], sb. bed, PP.—AS. bedd.

[ Bedde-strawe], sb. bed, couch, stratum, Voc.; bedstre, W2.