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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Birth-tonge], sb. native tongue; burþ-tonge, S2.

Bisay; see [Bisen].

[ Bi-sched], pp. besprinkled, W2.

[ Bi-schetten], v. to shut up; bessette, S2; bischetten, pt. pl., PP; bishetten, P; bishette, pp., PP.

[ Bi-schinen], v. to shine upon, MD; byschyne, pp. shone upon, S2.

[ Bischop], sb. bishop, S, PP; bisscopp, the Jewish high priest, S; bischopis, pl. chief priests, W; bissopes, S2.—AS. biscop; Lat. episcopus.

[ Bi-schrewen], v. to corrupt, to curse, MD; byschrewed, pp. cursed, P.

[ Bi-schrichen], v. to shriek at, S.

[ Bi-schunien], v. to shun, MD; bisunien, S.

[ Bise], sb. the north-wind, S.—OF. bise; cp. OHG. bísa.