Bi-ginnen, v. to begin, S, S2; bigan, pt. s., S, C2; bigon, S; bigonne, 2 pt. s., C3; bigunnen, pt. pl., S; begouth, pt. s., S2, S3; bigunnen, pp., S; begunnon, S.—­AS. be-ginnan.

Bi-gon, pp. surrounded, provided, set round, MD; be-gon, filled, S2.—­AS. begAin, pp. of begAin, to go round, surround.

Bi-greden, v. to cry out at, to lament, S; begredde, pt. pl., MD.

Bi-gripen, v. to seize, MD; be-gripe, pp., S.—­AS. be-grA-pan, to chide.

Bi-growe, pp. overgrown, S; begrowe, MD.

Bi-grucchen, v. to begrudge, murmur at, P; bygrucche, PP.

Bi-gurdel, sb. a purse, PP.—­AS. bA—­gyrdel (Matt. 10.9).

Bi-gynandly, adv. at the beginning, H. See Biginnan.

Bi-hangen, v. to deck, clothe, MD; bi-hengen, pt. pl. hung about, S.—­AS. be-hA cubedn.

Bi-healde, v. to behold; bihalden, S2; see Bi-holden. [Addition]

Bi-heden, v. to behead, MD; bi-hedide, pt. s., W; biheedid, pp., W.—­AS. be-hA(C)afdian.

Bi-heste, sb. promise, S, S2, C2, P; byheste, S2; beheste, S2; byhest, S2; bihese, S; biheest, W; bihese, pl., S.—­AS. be-hA|*s.

Bi-heten, v. to promise, S, C3, W; bihote, S, S2, P; byhote, C; beohote, S2; bihat, pr. s., S; bihet, pt. s., S, S2; bihi3*te, W; behighte, S2; behihte, S2; bihight, P; biheyhte, S; bihoten, pp., S; byhote, S2; behote, S; named, S3.—­AS. be-hAitan.  See NED (s.v. behight).

Bi-heue, adj. profitable, S, MD.—­AS. be-hA(C)fe, necessary; from *_bihA cubedf_, utility (in behA cubedflic).  See Bihouely.

Bi-hinde, prep. behind, S; adv.  S2; bihynde, backwards, W2; = to come, future, C3.

Bi-holden, v. to hold, to behold, PP, C, MD; bi-healde, S; bihalden, S2; bihalt, pr. s., S; biheold, pt. s., S; beoheold, S2; bihuld, S2; biheolt, S; biholde, pp., W2, C3; beholdinge wrongly used for beholden, indebted, S3.—­AS. be-healdan.

Bihote; see Biheten.

Bi-houe, sb. dat. advantage, MD; biofA3/4e, S2.  Cf. Biheue.

Bi-houely, adj. behoveful, necessary, CM, MD; behouelich, S2.—­AS. be-hA cubedflic.