benegroe

t. [Eng. pref. be, and negro.] To make black as a negro. the sun shall be benegroed in darkne ,..." -Hewyt: Sermons (1658), p. 79. bē'ne-lỹ, bēin-lỹ, bēin-lie, bi'-en-lỹ, * bi-en-lie, adv . [Scotch bene , bein (BEIN), and Eng. suff. -ly .] ( Scotch .) 1. In the po e ion of fulne . "Yone carle (quod scho) my joy, do is beinly dwell, And all prouisioun hes within him sell." L. Scotland's Lament, fol. 5, 6. 2. Well, abundantly. She's the lady o'n yard, An' her house is bienlie thacket." Picken : Poems (1788), p. 155. 3. Exhibiting the appearance of wealth. "The children were likewise beinly apparelled..." -R. Gilhaize , iii. 104. 4. Happily. "Poor hairy-footed thing! undreaming thou Of this ill-fated hour, dost bienly lie. And chew thy cud among the wheaten store." Davidson: Seusons , p. 27. ( Jamie son .) *bě-nēme (1), * be-nemp-ne (pret. & pa. par. * benempt , benempte, bynempt), v.t. [Eng. & A.S. prefix be , bi ; O. Eng. nempne ; and A.S. nemn an = to name, to call, to call upon, to entreat.] [NEMPNE.] To name; to call; to promise. "He to him called a fiery-footed boy Benempt Dispatch. Thomson: Cast. of Ind ., ii. 32. "Much greater gyfts for guerdon thou shalt gayne Then Kidde or Co et, which I thee bynempt . Spenser: Shep. Cul . , xi