bene me (2)

t. [A.S. benæman = to de prive, to rob.] To take from. "Tho Crystene men, off lyff and leme, Loke no godes he hem bene me ." Richard, 1,404. *be-ně-mër-ent, a. [Lat. bene = well, and merens, gen. me rent is deserving, pr. par. of mereo to earn, to deserve.) Well-deserving. (Hyde Clarke .)