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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Bene], sb. a prayer, S, S2, NED; benes, pl. S2.—AS. bén: OTeut. bóni-z, see Sievers, 268.

[ Bene], adj. pleasant, S, NED.

[ Benefet], sb. benefit, PP, MD; bynfet, PP; benfait, P; bienfetes, pl. P.—OF. bienfet; Lat. benefactum.

[ Bent], sb. coarse grass, small rushes, Manip., Voc., MD, HD.—Cp. OHG. binuz (G. binse).

[ Bent], sb. a moor, an open grassy place, NED, S, S3, C. See above.

Benumde; see [Binimen].

Beo, Beoþ; see [Ben].

[ Beo-], prefix; see [Bi-] words.

[ Beode], v. to pray, S; see [Bidden].

Beodele; see [Budele].