bets, pl., V, [257], 10: boots.
bett, II, 44, 14, pret. of bete, beet: kindled.
better. she stood, and better she stood (printed bitter), I, 492, 5; they rode, and better they rode, I, 102, 10; 492, 10, 14; he rade and better rade, II, 209, D 5: longer, farther still. better swam, V, [140], e 7. better be, I, 128, 13: still more.
beuk, book.
bewch, III, 91 b: bough.
bewrailed, V, [55], 38: berailed.
bewray, V, [86], 35: reveal.
beyt, V, [79], 25: beeth, be.
bickering, IV, 7, 34: (hail) pattering.
bide, byde, I, 430, 4, 5, 8, 9; II, 177, 14; 289, A 2; 313, 14; III, 465, 30; V, [108], B 8: stay. p. p. bidden, IV, 262 f., 32, 33; 524, 9. bide (a doulfou day), II, 159, 23: await, look for. bide anither bode, III, 268, 12; 270, 12: wait for another offer. I never bade a better bode, III, 267, 15. your wedding to bide, III, 387, 11: await. bide it whoso may, IV, 433, 21: await the result? (obscure passage). bide frae me, V, [236], 16: stay away. In: she bade the bride gae in, II, 195, 30, it is not likely that a rival would bid a bride; interpret rather, she waited for the bride to go.