beien

[A.S. begen both.] Both. "Ne be on ghit bute tweien, Mine sunen ghit beoth beien." MS. Cott., Calig., A. ix., 1. 28. (Jamie son.) • beigh, beighe, * bie, * bee, * beege, * beygh, * byge, s . [A.S. be ah, beag, beh, bach metal made into circular ornaments, as bracelets, necklaces, crowns, from bug an = to bow or bend.] 1. Gen.: Anything bent or twisted. 2. Spec.: An ornament for the neck; a torque. "So weneth he be ful sleighe, To make hir his leman With broche and riche beighe ." Sir Tristrem , iii. 66. (Jamie son.) "(He) putte aboute his necke a goldun beege."Wycliffe (Gen. xli. 42). 3. Any ornament. "Thi ring and thi bie of the arm."- Wyclife (Gen. xxxviii. 18).