bede, pl. bedes (A.S.) prayer. Our modern word beads is derived from this word, because it was by such articles, hung on a cord, that our forefathers reckoned the number of their prayers
bedeman (A.S.) [45], a person who prays for another
†been (A.S.) [493], bees
beigh (A.S.) pl. beighes, rings, bracelets, collars
bekene (A.S.) [363], a beacon
†beldyng (A.S.) [483], building. belded, [483], built
†bellyche (A.N.) [461], fairly
bel-sire (A.N.) [168], grandfather, or rather, an ancestor
belwe (A.S.) [222], to bellow
ben (A.S.) to be. pres. pl. arn, aren or ben, we beth, [391], ye aren, [301], they arn, [375]. subj. sing. weere, [15], [19], [417], pl. were. what she were, [19]