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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Bi-], prefix, also be-, by-, beo-, b-.

[ Bi-bled], pp. covered with blood, C; bybled, MD; bebledd, S2, S3.

[ Bi-burien], v. to bury, MD; be-byrieden, pt. pl. S; bebyried, pp., S; bebered, S2.—AS. bi-byrgan.

[ Bi-cacchen], v. to catch, ensnare, MD; bi-cauhte, pt. s., MD; bi-keihte, S; bi-cought, pp., MD.

[ Bi-callen], v. to accuse, summon, MD, S; becallen, MD, HD.

[ Bi-cause], conj. because, MD; by-cause, C.

[ Bicche], sb. bitch, PP; bycche, PP.

[ Bicched], pp. a word of doubtful meaning, applied to the basilisk, and to bones used for dice, NED, CM, C3; byched, MD; bichede, NED.

[ Bi-chermen], v. to scream at, S.

[ Bi-cherren], v. to entice, mislead, betray, S; bicharre, S; bicherd, pp., S.—AS. be-cerran.