beside, besids, III, 357, 38, 41, 43, 45-7: aside from, away from.
beside, in addition to, four and thirty stripes comen beside the rood, II, 59, 29: referring to the scourging before the crucifixion.
besom, hid herself in the besom of the broom, I, 398, 9: besom seems to be twigs (as scopae is both twigs and broom). Wedgwood cites from a Dutch dictionary of 1654, brem-bessen, broom-twigs, scopae spartiae.
bespeak: pret. bespa(c)ke, III, 420, 26, 30, 35; 430, 9; 431, 19, 23; bespoke, V, [149], 8-11; bespake him, I, 286, 52-5; III, 419 f., 6, 13, 22, 24: spake.
bespeek, IV, 498, 1, 3, 9: speak with.
bespoke, V, [149], 10, well-bespoke: well-spoken.
bestand, III, 105, 23: help, avail.
bested, bestead, circumstanced. ferre and frembde bested, III, 63, 138: in the position of one from a distance and a stranger. hard bestead, III, 161, 36.
bestial, IV, 41, note *: all the animals of a farm.
best man, IV, 342, 4: principal servant.