Perhaps from Su. G. _basse_, vir potens, V. ~Bausy~, or _base_, spectrum, and _brun_, fuscus, q. the strong goblin of a brown appearance.
Teut. _baes-en_, delirare; Belg. _byse_, _bysen_, turbatus; Su. G. _bes-a_ denotes the state of animals so stung by insects, that they are driven hither and thither; Fr. _bez-er_, id.
1. By, as denoting the cause, agent, or instrument, S.
2. Towards, in composition; as, _be-east_, towards the east; _be-west_, towards the west, S.
3. Of, concerning; as, _be the_, concerning thee.
5. During, expressive of the lapse of time.
_To_ BEAR, BER, BERE, _v. a._ _To bear on hand_, to affirm, to relate.
_To bear upon_, to restrain one's self, S. B.
BEAR, BERE, _s._ Barley, having four rows of grains, S. Hordeum vulgare, Linn.
BEAR LAND, land appropriated for a crop of barley, S.
_To go through the bear land with_ one, to tell him all the grounds of umbrage at his conduct, to pluck a crow with him, S.
BEAT, _s._ A stroke, a blow, a contusion, S. B. apparently the same with _Byt_ used in this sense by Douglas.
1. To swallow any liquid in small, but frequent draughts; whether the liquor be intoxicating or not, S.
2. To tipple, _v. n._ "He's ay _bebbling_ and drinking;" he is much given to tippling, S.
It seems to be formed from Lat. _bibere_ to drink, in the same manner as _bibulus_, soaking, drinking, or taking it wet.
Germ. _bieg-en_, flectere, is probably the origin.
2. To curtsy; as restricted to the obeisance made by a woman, and contra-distinguished from bowing.
BEDDY, _adj._ Expressive of a quality in grey-hounds; the sense uncertain.
It may signify, attentive to the cry of the huntsman. Fr. _baudé_, "a cry as of hounds, Breton;" Cotgr. It may, however, be the same word which occurs in the S. Prov.; "Breeding wives are ay _beddie_;" Kelly, p. 75. "Covetous of some silly things," N. In this sense it is probably allied to Isl. _beid-a_, A. S. _bidd-an_, Moes. G. _bid-jan_, Belg. _bidd-en_, to ask, to supplicate, to solicit.
BEDE, _pret._ Offered; from the v. ~Bid~.
Chaucer uses the v. ~Bede~ as signifying to offer.
BEDELUIN, _part. pa._ Buried, hid under ground.
A. S. _bedelfen_, sepultus, infossus; _be-delf-an_, circumfodere.
2. It seems also to signify, besides, moreover; in addition, as respecting persons.