bestuddian _to be careful for, trouble about_, #Kl# 14^6.
bestȳman (e) _to bedew, wet, flood_, B 486. [stēam]
bestyrian _to heap up_, _BH_. [‘_bestir_’]
besūpan^2 _to sup up, swallow_, #Lcd# 113b.
beswāpan^7 _to clothe, cover over, veil, protect_, CP: _persuade_, _BH_. [‘_beswape_’]
beswelgan _to swallow up_, #EPs# 106^27; 123^3.
beswemman _to make to bathe_, #Bo# 115^8.
besweðian _to swathe, wrap up, wind round_.
beswic n. _treachery, deceit_, AO (bī-), CP: _snare_.
beswican^1 _to deceive, seduce, betray, circumvent, frustrate_, _Bl, Mt_; AO, CP: _to overcome, supplant_, AO. [‘_beswike_’]
beswincan^3 _to toil, exert oneself, make with toil_, _Jn_: _till, plough_, Æ. beswuncen _exhausted, tired out_. [‘_beswink_’]
beswingan^3 _to flog, scourge, beat, strike_, _Æ_; CP. [‘_beswinge_’]
beswylian _to drench, flood_, #Rood# 23. [swilian]
besyftan _to sprinkle_, ÆL 23^165. [siftan]
betǣcan (w. d.) _to make over, give up to, impart, deliver, entrust, commend to_, _Æ, Lk_; AO, CP: _appoint (for)_, _set apart as, dedicate_: _show, point out_, _Lk_: _give orders_, RB 130^4: _pursue, hunt_, WW 92^28. [‘_beteach_’]
±bētan _to amend, repair, restore, cure_, CP: _make good, make amends, remedy, compensate, atone, pay_ ‘bōt’ _for an offence_, _Æ, Mt, Lcd_; AO, CP: _attend to (fire or light)_, _AO_. ðurst b. _quench thirst_. [bōt; ‘_beet_’ vb.]
bēte f. _‘beet,’ beetroot_, _Lcd_. [_L._ beta]
bētel = (1) bīetl; (2) bītol [[second reference ambiguous]]
beteldan^3 † _to cover, hem in, surround_: _overload, oppress_.
betellan _to speak about, answer, defend oneself (against a charge)_, _exculpate oneself_, _Chr_; Æ.
betēon^1,2 _to cover, surround, enclose_, _AO_; Æ, CP: _dispose of, bestow, bequeath_: _impeach, accuse_. [‘_betee_’]
betera ‘_better_,’ _AO, Mk_. followed by g. = _better in respect of...._
±beterian _to ‘better,’ improve_, _CP_: _trim (lamp)_, GD.
betimbran _to construct, build_, _B_. [‘_betimber_’]
bētnes f. _reparation, atonement_, LL (264^16).
betredan^5 _to tread upon, cover_, #CPs# 138^10.
betreppan _to entrap, catch_, _Chr_. [‘_betrap_’]
be-trymman, -trymian _to enclose, surround, besiege_.
betst I. superl. adj. _‘best,’ first_, _AO, Chr, Cr_; CP. as sb. _people of position_, _WW, Chr_. II. adv. _in the best manner, most_.