Part 60 (1/2)

_Wyntown._

This, however, may mean, bellowed, roared, from A. S. _bell-an_, Su. G. _bal-a_, id. Chaucer uses _belle_ in the same sense.

BELE, _s._ A fire, a blaze.

V. ~Bail~.

_To_ BELEIF, _v. a._ To leave; pret. _beleft_.

A. S. _be_ and _leof-an_, linquere.

_Douglas._

_To_ BELEIF, BELEWE, _v. a._ To deliver up.

_Douglas._

It is also used as a _v. n._ with the prep. _of_.

_Barbour._

A. S. _belaew-an_, tradere; _belaewed_, traditus.

BELEFE, _s._ Hope.

_Douglas._

_To_ BELENE, _v. n._ To tarry; or perhaps, to recline, to rest.

_Sir Gawan._

A. S. _bilen-ed_, inhabited.

V. ~Leind~.

Or allied to Germ. _len-en_, rec.u.mbere.

BELEWYT, _imperf. v._ Delivered up.

V. ~Beleif~, _v._ 2.

BELGHE, _s._ Eructation, E. _belch_.

_Z. Boyd._