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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Belde], adj. big, blustering, S; see [Bold].

[ Belden], v. to build, S3; see [Bilden].

[ Beldinge], sb. building, S3.

[ Belle], sb. bell, S, C2, PP.—AS. belle.

[ Bellyche], adv. beautifully, S3, MD. See [Bel].

[ Belphegor], sb. Baal Peor, H (p. 376).—Lat. Belphegor (Vulg.).

[ Belt], pp. built, S3; see [Bilden].

[ Bely], sb. belly, bellows, MD, P; baly, S3; below, follis, Voc.; balies, pl. S2, PP.—AS. bælg.

[ Bely-ioye], sb. belly-joy, appetite, PP.

[ Belȝen], v. to swell, to be angry, MD; bollȝhenn, pp. MD; i-bolȝe, S.—AS. belgan, pt. bealh, (pl. bulgon), pp. bolgen.