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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Bi-menen], v. to mean, to bemoan, MD, HD; bymenen, P; bemenen, S2, P; biment, pp., S.—AS. bi-mǽnan.

[ Bi-mening], sb. bemoaning, S.

[ Bi-mong], prep. among, S, MD.

[ Bi-mornen], v. to mourn over, MD, W; bimurnen, S.—AS. bi-murnan.

[ Bi-mowe], v. to mock, W2.

[ Binam, Binom]; pt. s. of [Bi-nimen].

[ Binden], v. to bind, S; band, pt. s., S; bond, S2, G, C2; bunden, pl., S; bunden, pp., S; bundyn, S2; bunde, ibunde, S; bounden, S, C2; y-bounde, S2, S3, C2; y-bound, S3; ibunde, S.—AS. bindan.

[ Bi-nemnen], v. to declare, stipulate; by-nempt, pt. s. promised, S3.—AS. be-nemnan.

[ Bi-neðe], prep. and adv. beneath, S2; byneþe, C; bineþen, S.—AS. be-neoðan.

[ Bi-nimen], v. to take from, MD; bynymen, S; benymen, S2; bineome, pr. s. subj. deprive, S; binam, pt. s., P; binom, S2; benam, S; bynome, pp., P; benumde, S3.—AS. be-niman.