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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

Bee-; see Be-.

[ Beek], sb. beak, C2; bec, S; beekis, pl. PP.—OF. bec.

[ Beem], sb. beam, C, PP; beom, S; bem, MD.—AS. béam, tree, plank.

[ Beere], sb. bier, W, CM, MD; beer, C; bare, S, MD; beare, S3; bere, HD, MD; byears, pl. S3.—AS. bǽr; cp. OF. biere.

[ Beest], sb. beast, C, PP; best, PP, C, S, S2; bestes, pl. S, S2; beestes, S2.—OF. beste; Lat. bestia.

[ Beestli], adj. animal, W.

[ Beeten], v. to beat, W2, CM; beten, S, C; bet, pr. s. P; bet, imp. s. S2; beot, pt. s. P; beet, PP; bet, S3, PP; bette, P; beten, pl. S; beeten, W2; beten, pp. C2, G; bete, C2; betun, W2; y-beten, C2; y-bete, C; y-bette, P; i-beaten, S; ibete, C.—AS. béatan, pt. béot, pp. béaten.

[ Bege], sb. collar, S; see [Beiȝ].

[ Beggen], v. to beg, PP, C2, Prompt., W (John 9. 8).

[ Beggere], sb. beggar, C, PP, W (John 9. 8).