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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Beriall], adj. blueish-green, beryl-coloured, S3. See [Beril].

[ Berie], sb. berry, C; bery, Prompt.; beries, pl. grapes, S, PP.—AS. berige.

[ Berien], v. to pierce, strike, MD; bery, to thresh, Cath.—Icel. berja, to strike; cp. Lat. ferire.

[ Beril], sb. beryl, MD; berel, MD.—OF. beril; Lat. beryllus; Gr. βήρυλλος.

[ Beringe], sb. birth, behaviour, bearing, C2, S; berynge, PP; see [Beren].

[ Berken], v. to bark, S2, PP; berkyd, pt. s., S2.—AS. beorcan.

[ Berkere], sb. watch-dog, PP.

[ Berkyng], sb. barking, C.

[ Berme], sb. harm, Prompt., S; berm, C3.—AS. beorma.

[ Bern], sb. a man, PP, HD; berne, PP; burn, S2; burne, S2; beorn, MD; burnes, pl., S2; biernes, P.—AS. beorn.