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121. bēten v.(1)

241 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To flog (sb.), beat, whip; (b) to punish (sb.). …

122. bẹ̄ten v.(2)

87 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To mend (sth.), repair; beten nettes, repair fishing nets; (b) to remedy (an evil condition); comfort (sorrow), cure (disease or bodily disorder), relieve (hunger, thirst, need), mitigate……

123. bi- pref.(2)

8 quotations in 8 senses
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Forming trans. verbs from intransitives, often with specialized (factitive, completive, figurative) meaning (s): (a) Inherited from OE, as bidelven, biflouen, bilaughen, bimēnen, bireusen, bishīnen,……

124. bidden v.

305 quotations in 17 senses
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To ask, beg, or plead for (sth.); bidden bone, make a plea or request; bidden mildse, merci, beg for mercy; bidden grith, sue for peace; bidden leve, beg leave, ask for permission; bidden mede, tax……

125. bidel n.

39 quotations in 3 senses
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One who makes announcements or carries messages and performs other services on the authority of a lord, court, guild, etc.; herald, town crier, summoner; bidel hod, a beadle's hood; bidel land (a……

126. bidraveled ppl.

Additional spellings: bedraveled
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Dirtied; beslobbered. …

127. biglī adj.

5 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Comfortable, stately (mansion); (b) perfect (happiness). …

128. bigrāve(n ppl.

Additional spellings: begrave, bigraven, begraven
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Engraved, etched. …

129. bihēst(e n.

Additional spellings: behest, biheste, beheste
75 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A promise or pledge; also, what is promised; bihoten, maken bihest, make a promise; bilesten, fulfillen, holden bihest, keep or carry out a promise; breken bihest; (b) lond of bihest, the Promised……

130. bihōlden v.

Additional spellings: beholden
240 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) To fix or keep one's eyes (on sth.), look (at), gaze (upon); (b) to look (in a certain direction), biholden after, look for or after (sth.); (c) to take a look; look, look on, look around. …

131. bihōten v.

Additional spellings: behoten
200 quotations in 6 senses
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To promise (sth.); promise (to do sth.); -- (a) with obj.; (b) with clause; (c) with inf. phrase. …

132. bihọ̄ven v.

Additional spellings: behoven
161 quotations in 5 senses
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Of things: to be needed, required, requisite, or necessary; -- (a) alone or with inf. phrase; (b) with personal obj. (dat.) or to phrase; hem bihoveth water, they need water; lothe childe bihoveth……

133. bihowen v.

Additional spellings: behowen
1 quotation in 1 sense
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To view or inspect (sth.); ?take an interest in (sth.). …

134. bīke n.(1)

5 quotations in 1 sense
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A nest of wild bees or wasps; a honeycomb; hony bike. …

135. biker n.(1)

10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An ornate covered bowl for mixing wine; (b) a drinking vessel; goblet, beaker; biker cuppe; biker maker. …

136. bī-ker n.(3)

Additional spellings: biker
1 quotation in 1 sense
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A nest of wild bees. …

137. biknouen v.

Additional spellings: beknouen
67 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To know or realize (sth.), be aware of; (b) to recognize (sb.); biknoue(n, known, acquainted. …

138. bil n.

22 quotations in 1 sense
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A cutting, hacking, or grubbing implement: (a) a falchion, halberd, pike, gisarme; bil ibeat; blak bil [see blak adj., sense 4. (f)]; (b) a pruning hook or blade; bil hok; hegge bil, a bill hook used……

139. bī-leman n.

Additional spellings: bileman
3 quotations in 1 sense
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A paramour. …

140. bilīven v.

15 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To remain (in a place, with sb.); stay, stay behind; -- also refl. [quot.Orm.]; (b) to remain (in a certain state), persist; biliven o life, remain alive, survive. …

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