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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ To-bellen], v. to swell extremely; tobolle, pp., PP. ([To- 2].)

[ To-beren], v. to part; tobar, pt. s., S. ([To- 2].)

[ To-beten], v. to beat in pieces, C3. ([To- 2].)

[ To-breden], v. to spread out; tobreddest, 2 pt. s., S2. ([To- 2].)

[ To-breiden], v. to tear asunder, distorquere; tobreidynge, pr. p., W; debreidynge, W; tobraidide, pt. s., W. ([To- 2].)

[ To-breken], v. to break in pieces, S, C3, W; to-brac, pt. s., PP; to-brak, G; to-brake, pt. s. subj., S; to-broken, pp., PP, G; to-broke, PP, S2, W. ([To- 2].)

[ To-bresten], v. to burst asunder, C; to-bersteð, pr. s., S: to-barst, pt. s., S2, G; to-brast, W; to-brosten, pp., C. ([To- 2].)

[ To-brisen], v. to break to pieces; tobrisid, pp., W. ([To- 2].)

[ To-cleue], v. to cleave asunder, to fall to pieces, PP; to-cleef, pt. s., PP; to-clief, PP. ([To- 2].)

[ To-comen], v. to come together; to-comen, pt. pl., PP. ([To- 1].)