Middle English Dictionary Entry

bi- pref.(3)
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Entry Info

Forms bi- pref.(3) Also be-, b-.
Etymology From bī adv.; reduced to b- before vowels.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

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Unstressed first member of cpd. advs. & preps. Examples: bafte(n, bicause, bifōre(n, bihinde(n, bimong, binēthe(n, binnen, bi-north, biside(s, bi-sǒuth, bitīme(s, bitwẹ̄ne(n, bitwix(en, biyond(e, bǒuten, bǒven.
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