An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

BETANE, part. pa. Perhaps, inclosed.
Barbour.

A. S. betien-en, betyn-an, to inclose, to shut up.

BETAUCHT, BETUK, Delivered, committed in trust; delivered up.
V. [Betech].

To BETECH, BETEACH, v. a. To deliver up, to consign; betuk, pret. betaucht, pret. and part. pa.
Barbour.

Hence "the common Scots expression, God I beteach me till," Rudd.; and that used by Ramsay, Betootch-us-to; i. e. Let us commend ourselves to the protection of some superior being. O. E. bitoke, committed; also bitaughten, bitakun, bitauht. A. S. betaec-an, tradere, concedere, assignare, commendare; to deliver, to grant, to assign or appoint, to betake or recommend unto; Somner. Betaehte, tradidit.

BETHLERIS. Leg. Bechleris. Bachelors.
Houlate.

To BETRUMPE, v. a. To deceive.
Douglas.

To BETREYSS, BETRASE, v. a. To betray.
Barbour.

Betrasit, Douglas; betraissed, Wallace; betraised, Chaucer; betraist, R. Brunne. Germ. trieg-en, betrieg-en; Fr. trah-ir, id. trahi-son, treason.

BETWEESH, prep. Betwixt, S.
V. [Atweesh].