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Goth.
BERSIS, _s._ "A species of cannon formerly much used at sea. It resembled the faucon, but was shorter, and of a larger calibre," Gl.
Compl.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _barce_, _berche_, "the piece of ordnance called a base;" Cotgr.
pl. _barces_, _berches_.
BERTH, _s._ Apparently, rage.
_Wyntown._
Isl. and Sw. _braede_, id.
BERTHINSEK, BIRDINSEK, BURDINSECK. _The law of Berthinsek_, a law, according to which no man was to be punished capitally for stealing a calf, sheep, or so much meat as he could carry on his back in a sack.
_Skene._
A. S. _ge-burthyn in saeca_, a burden in a sack; or from _ge-beor-a_, portare.
BERTYNIT, BERTNYT, _pret._ and _part. pa._ Struck, battered.
_Wallace._
This is evidently the same with ~Brittyn~, q. v.
BESAND, BEISAND, _s._ An ancient piece of cold coin, offered by the French kings at the ma.s.s of their consecration at Rheims, and called a _Bysantine_, as the coin of this description was first struck at _Byzantium_ or Constantinople. It is said to have been worth, in French money, fifty pounds _Tournois_.
_Kennedy._
_To_ BESEIK, _v. a._ To beseech, to entreat.
_Douglas._
A. S. _be_ and _sec-an_, to seek; Belg. _ver-soek-en_, to solicit, to entreat; Moes. G. _sok-jan_, to ask, used with respect to prayer.
BESY, _adj._ Busy.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _bysi_, Belg. _besigh_, id.; allied perhaps to Teut. _byse_ turbatus, _bijs-en_, violento impetu agitari.
BESYNES, _s._ Business.
_Wyntown._
BESYNE, BYSENE, BYSIM, _s._ Expl. "wh.o.r.e, bawd," Gl. Sibb.
V. ~Bisym~.
BESCHACHT, _part. pa._
1. Not straight, distorted, Ang.
2. Torn, tattered; often including the idea of dirtiness, Perths. The latter seems to be an oblique use.
V. ~Shacht~.
_To_ BESLE, or BEZLE, _v. n._ To talk much at random, to talk inconsiderately and boldly on a subject that one is ignorant of, Ang.
Belg. _beuzel-en_, to trifle, to fable; Teut. _beusel-en_, nugari.
BESLE, BEZLE, _s._ Idle talking, Ang.
Belg. _beusel_, id.
BESMOTTRIT, _part. pa._ Bespattered, fouled.
_Douglas._
A. S. _besmyt-an_, maculare, inquinare; Belg. _besmodder-en_, Germ.
_schmader-n_, _schmatter-n_, to stain, S. to _smadd_, Su. G. _smitt-a_.
BESOUTH, _prep._ To the southward of.
V. ~Benorth~.
BEST, _part. pa._ Struck, beaten.
V. ~Baist~.
_Barbour._
