besettan _to put, place, set near, appoint_, Æ: _own, keep, occupy_: _‘beset,’ cover, surround with, adorn_, _B_; CP, Æ: _besiege, invest_, _An_: _institute, set going_.
besīdian _to regulate the size of anything_, RB 89^18. [sīd]
besierwan _to ensnare, surprise, deceive, defraud, oppress_, AO. [searu]
besincan^3 (intr.) _to sink_, _AO_. [‘_besink_’]
besingan^3 _to sing of, bewail_: _sing charms, enchant_, Æ.
besittan^5 _to sit round, surround, beset, besiege_, _Chr_; AO: _hold council_: _occupy, possess_. [‘_besit_’]
beslēan^6 _to strike, beat, cut off, take away, deprive by violence_, Æ.
beslēpan _to slip on, cover, impose, put on, clothe_.
besma m. _‘besom,’ broom, rod_, _AO, Mt_.
besmēagan _to consider about, inquire into_, ÆL 23b^633.
bēsming f. _curve, curvature_, WW. [bōsm]
besmītan^1 _to soil, defile, pollute, dishonour_, _Bl_; Æ, CP. [‘_besmit_’]
besmitenes f. _soil, stain, defilement, degradation, dirtiness_, Æ.
besmiðian _to work (in metal)_, _forge, surround with forged work_.
besmocian _to smoke, envelop with incense_, ANS 84·3.
besnīwian _to cover with snow_, _WW_. [‘_besnow_’]
be-snyðian, -snyððan † _to rob, deprive of_.
besolcen _stupefied, dull, sluggish, inactive, slow_, CP.
besorgian _to regret_: _be anxious about, dread, shrink from_, Æ.
bespanan^6 _to lead astray, entice, incite, urge, persuade_, AO.
besprecan^5 _to speak about_, _AO_: _speak against, accuse of_, _Ps_: _claim at law_, _LL_: _complain_. [‘_bespeak_’]
besprengan _to besprinkle_, _Lcd_. [‘_bespreng_’]
best adv. (used as superl. of wel) _best, most_.
besta, beste wk. forms of superl. adj. betst.
bestǣlan (ē) _to lay a charge against, convict_.
bestæppan^6 _to tread upon, step, go, enter_, Æ.
bestandan^6 _to stand round or about, beset, surround_, _Æ_: _attend to_, Æ: _beset, harass_, _Jn_. [‘_bestand_’]
bestealcian _to move stealthily, steal, ‘stalk,’_ ÆL 32^40. [stealc]
bestefnod ptc. _provided with a fringe_, WW 375^41.
bestelan^4 _to move stealthily, steal away, steal upon_, _AO, LL_; Æ, CP: (†) _deprive_. [‘_besteal_’]
bestēpan (= i) _to deprive of (children)_, GD 76^18.
bestrēdan _to bestrew, cover_, BH 154^27 (#b#).
bestrēowian _to ‘bestrew,’ besprinkle_, _Æ_.
bestrīcan^1 _to make a stroke_, #Lcd# 186b. [strīca] [[headword spelled “strica”]]