Middle English Dictionary Entry
bēke n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bēke n. Also bebibeke. |
| Etymology | OF becas, bibicaz; influenced by bē̆k n.(3). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Some kind of bird; prob. a woodcock or a snipe.
Associated quotations
- [ a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)789 : Bekas: snyte. ]
- c1400 Femina (Trin-C B.14.40)61 : Et le oisel qi ad noum bibikaz..And þe bryd þat haþ name beke, By þe Ryuer ys take in gren.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)10b : Bebybeke: auis.