Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Bery, Berye, s.; see Berie.

Beryle, s. beryl, HF. 1184, 1288.

Besaunt-wight, s. weight of a besant, R. 1106. (Besant, a gold coin of Byzantium.)

Beseche, Besette, &c.; see Biseche, &c.

Besily, Besinesse; see Bisi-.

Bespreynt; see Bisprenge.

Best, Beste; Bestes, pl.; see Beest.

Best, adv. best, A 206.

Beste, def. adj. best, A 252; 3. 64, 684, 10. 78; as for thy beste, as will be best for thee, D 1986; your beste, your advantage, T. ii. 382; B 2427; for the beste, for the best, F 356.

Bestialitee, s. animal condition, T. i. 735.