Middle English Dictionary Entry
bẹ̄ken v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | bẹ̄ken v.(1) Also (N) beike. |
| Etymology | Akin to bāken bake; prob. Gmc. *bōkja-, with vowel as in Gr. fōgō roast. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To warm (sth.), expose to heat; keep oneself warm; season (wood) with heat.
Associated quotations
- a1250 Wooing Lord (Tit D.18)269 : Al þat pinende pik ne walde ham þunche bote a softe bekinde bað.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)1459 : Þat knyght es no thing to set by, Þat..ligges bekeand in his bed.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1048 : His bakke and his bewschers and his brode lendez He bekez by þe bale-fyre.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)55/37 : Wayte wele þe hole & halde it warme & beke it bi þe fire or in þe son.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)887 : He may reste..And his bonys aftyr in a bed to beyke [rime: weyke].
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)202/10 : He beekys his brode lendys by the bryght fyre.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)12a : To Beke wandys: Explorare.
- a1500(?c1450) Florence (Cmb Ff.2.38:Vietor)99 : He had more mystyr of a gode fyre Of bryght brondys brennyng schyre, To beyke hys boones by.