Bi-Smitten, v. to dirty, MD; bi-smitted, pp. dirtied, S; besmet, MD.

Bi-Smotered, pp. spotted, smutted, C.

Bisne, sb. example, parable, S, MD.—­AS. bysn; Goth, busns (in anabusns); from biudan; see Douse, p. 60.

Bi-soken, sb. request, petition, MD; bisokne, NED; bi-socne, dat., MD; bi-*socnen, dat. pl., S.

Bi-so3*te, pt. s. of Bi-sechen. [Addition]

Bi-Speken, v. to speak to, to speak, blame, to decide, resolve, MD; byspack, pt. s., G; bespayke, S3; bispeke, pp.  S.—­AS. be-sprecan.

Bi-Spel, sb. parable, S.—­AS. bigspell, example, proverb, parable.

Bi-speten, v. to spit upon, W; bi-spatten, pt. pl., W; bispat, pp., W.

Bi-sprengen, v. to besprinkle, MD; bi-spreynde, pt. s.  W; besprent, pp. bedewed, S3; bysprent, S3; besprint, S3; bispreynt, W2.—­AS. be-sprengan.

Bisse, sb. a stuff of fine texture, MD; bis, MD; bys, S2; bies, bijs, fine linen, W; bijs (=_byssus_ = Heb. shA(C)sh, fine linen, also Egyptian cotton), W2.—­OF. bisse; Lat. byssus; Gr. [Greek:  bussos]; Heb. bAts, fine Egyptian cotton.

Bissyn, sb. fine linen(=_byssinum_),W.—­Lat. byssinum, a garment made of byssus.

Bi-Stad, pp. placed, circumstanced, bestead, hard bestead, sorely imperilled, overcome, MD, S2, C3; bystad, G; bistadde, CM; bistaA deg.ed, MD; bistaA deg.et, S; bi-*steaA deg.et, S. Probably from Icel. staA deg.r, place, see NED.

Bi-Standen, v. to surround, to be busy about, to attack, MD; bi-stod, pt. s., S; bistode, S2; bistonden, pp., S.—­AS. be-*standan.

Bi-steken, v. to shut out, MD; pp., S.

Bi-striden, v. to bestride, S;~bistrood~, pt. s., C2; bystrood, G.

Bi-sunien, v. to shun, S; see Bi-schunien.

Bi-swiken, v. to betray, deceive, S, S2; beswike, S; besuiken, S.—­AS. be-swA-can.

Bi-swinken, v. to obtain by work, to, earn by labour, MD; biswynke, P.—­AS., be-swincan.

Bisy, adj. busy, C2, P; see Busy.

Bisyhed, sb. busyhood, MD; bysyhede, S2.

Bisynesse, sb. business, W2; see Busynesse.

Bi-taken, v. to commit, entrust, S, C2, W, NED; betake, PP; beotake, PP; bytake, PP; bitaak, W; bitak, imp. s., S; bitok, pt. s., S2; bitook, C3; bytokist, 2 pt. s., W; betoke, I pt. s., S; bitoken, pl., W; bitakun, pp.  W; bitake, S2.