Part 67 (2/2)

Isl. _sock_, mergor, _saukv-a_, mergi.

_To_ BESWEIK, _v. a._ To allure; to beguile; to deceive.

A. S. _swic-an_, _beswic-an_, Isl. _svik-ia_. Alem. _bisuich-en_, Su. G. _swik-a_, Germ. _schwick-en_, id.

BET, _pret._ Struck.

_Gawan and Gol._

A. S. _beat-an_, Su. G. _bet-a_; _tu bete_, thou hast struck.

BET, BETT, _pret._ and _part._ Helped, supplied.

V. ~Beit~.

BET, _part. pa._ Built, erected.

_Douglas._

This is a secondary and oblique sense of the _v._ _Beit_, q. v.

BET, _adj._ Better.

_King's Quair._

A. S. _bet_, Teut. _bat_, _bet_, melius, potius, magis; Alem. _bas_, _baz_, melior, the compar. of _bat_, bonus. A. S. _bet-an_, emendare, and the other synon. verbs in the Northern languages, have been viewed as originating the term. _Bet_, indeed, seems to be merely the past part., mended, i. e. made _better_.

BETANE, _part. pa._ Perhaps, inclosed.

_Barbour._

A. S. _betien-en_, _betyn-an_, to inclose, to shut up.

BETAUCHT, BETUK, Delivered, committed in trust; delivered up.

V. ~Betech~.

_To_ BETECH, BETEACH, _v. a._ To deliver up, to consign; _betuk_, pret.

_betaucht_, pret. and part. pa.

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