bað = [bæð]

[ ±baðian] to wash, lave, ‘bathe’ (tr. and intr.), give baths (to others), Lcd; Æ, AO.

baðu v. [bæð].

be- prefix. 1. specializes the meaning of a tr. vb. (as in behōn, besettan). 2. makes an intr. vb. transitive (beswīcan, beðencan). 3. is privative (bedǣlan, belīðan). 4. does not alter the meaning (becuman).

[ be] prep. w. d. and instr. (of place) ‘by,’ near, in, on, upon, with, along, at, to. be eallum altogether. be fullan in full: (of time) in, about, by, before, while, during: for, because of, in consideration of, by, by means of, through, in conformity with, in comparison with: about, concerning, in reference to: on penalty of. be āwihte in any respect. be fullan in excess. be sumum dǣle partly. be ānfealdum single. be twīfealdum two-fold. be fullan fully, perfectly. be ðām mǣstan at the most. be ðām (ðān) ðe because, as, according as, how. be norðan, sūðan to the north, south of.... be æftan = [beæftan]

[ bēacen] (ē) n. ‘beacon,’ sign, token, phenomenon, portent, apparition, JnL (ē): standard, banner, B.

[ bēacenfȳr] n. beacon fire, lighthouse, OET 1807 (ǣ).

[ bēacenstān] m. stone on which to light a beacon fire, WW.

bēacn- = bīecn-, bīcn-

bead = [bed]