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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Bi-ginnen], v. to begin, S, S2; bigan, pt. s., S, C2; bigon, S; bigonne, 2 pt. s., C3; bigunnen, pt. pl., S; begouth, pt. s., S2, S3; bigunnen, pp., S; begunnon, S.—AS. be-ginnan.

[ Bi-gon], pp. surrounded, provided, set round, MD; be-gon, filled, S2.—AS. begán, pp. of begán, to go round, surround.

[ Bi-greden], v. to cry out at, to lament, S; begredde, pt. pl., MD.

[ Bi-gripen], v. to seize, MD; be-gripe, pp., S.—AS. be-grípan, to chide.

[ Bi-growe], pp. overgrown, S; begrowe, MD.

[ Bi-grucchen], v. to begrudge, murmur at, P; bygrucche, PP.

[ Bi-gurdel], sb. a purse, PP.—AS. bí-gyrdel (Matt. 10.9).

[ Bi-gynandly], adv. at the beginning, H. See [Biginnan].

[ Bi-hangen], v. to deck, clothe, MD; bi-hengen, pt. pl. hung about, S.—AS. be-hón.

[ Bi-healde], v. to behold; bihalden, S2; see [Bi-holden].