Bemys, beams.
Benethe, [145], begin.
Benyson, [86], benediction, blessing.
Bent, subject.
Bent, a bending or declivity.
Berde, [300], lady, damsel. A word often applied to a young female in old English poetry. By metathesis it is brid, and hence the modern term “bride.” See Sir F. Madden’s Glos. to Havelok, in voc. Chaucer, however, in the Romaunt of the Rose, 1014, uses the word “birde” for “bride” in its present signification.
Beryelys, [18], tombs. See the last edition of Dugdale’s Monast. vi. 1537, where the first portion of these mysteries has been inserted.
Berynt, [316], bear.
Berys, [352], bears.