Batte, [296], stroke. So it may be interpreted in this place, but see Stevenson’s additions to Boucher, in voc. bat. “Batte-staffe, perticulus,” Prompt. Parv.
Be-dene, [2], [4], [7], [62], [161], immediately, moreover, collectively.
Beetes, [22], beets. “Betys herbe, beta,” Prompt. Parv.
Befforn, before.
Begchis, [384], bitches.
Behest, promised. “I have beheste, voto nuncupavi,” Hormanni Vulgaria, fol. 3.
Behestes, promises.
Be-lyff, [181], quickly, instantly.
Belle, [189]. To bere the belle, i. e., to carry the prize; a proverbial expression, which occurs also in Chaucer’s Troilus and Cresseide, 199.
Belle, [18], clock.