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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
beinneal, binding of a sheaf of corn, bundle; from Sc. bindle, a cord of straw or other for binding, Eng. bundle; from bind.
beir, catch, bring forth, Ir. beirim, O. Ir. berim, W. cymmeryd, to take, accept, Br. kemeret (=com-ber-); I. E. bher, whence Lat. fero, Gr. φέρω, Eng. bear, Skr. bharami.
beirm, bairm, (Hend.), barm, yeast; from Sc. barm (pronounced berm, Eng. barm; Lat. fermentum.
beisear, plate-rack on dresser (Rob.).
béist, a beast, Ir. bíast, péist, O. Ir. béist, W. bwystfil; from Lat. bestia (Eng. beast). Also biast.
beith, birch, so Ir., O. Ir. bethe, W. bedw, Br. bezuenn, Celtic betvâ, Lat. betula, Fr. boule.
beithir, a serpent, any wild beast, monster, a huge skate, Ir. beithir, wild beast, bear, E. Ir. beithir, G. bethrach. In the sense of "bear", the word is, doubtless, borrowed; but there seems a genuine Celtic word betrix behind the other meanings, and the beithir or beithir béimneach is famed in myth. Cf. Lat. bēstia, for bet-tia? Norse bera, bear (fem.), beirfhall, bearskin, Eng. bear (Zim. K.B.1 286).
beitir, neat, clean (M'F.):
beò, living, Ir., O. Ir. beó, W. byw, Br. beu, *bivo-s; Lat. vîvus, living, vîta; Gr. βίοτος, a living; Eng. quick; Skr. jîvá, living; I. E. ꬶei-, ꬶi-, live. See also beatha, bith.
beòir, beer, Ir. beór; from Ag. S. beór, Norse bjórr (Eng. beer).
beòlach, ashes with hot embers (M'A.); from beò + luathach, "live-ashes". Another beòlach, lively youth, hero, stands for beò-lach; for -lach, see òglach.
beuban, anything, mangled:
beuc, roar, Ir. béic, O. Ir. béccim, W. beichio, baich, *beikkiô; Cor. begy, Br. begiat, squeal, baeguel, bleat, *baikiô (Stokes). The difficulty of the vowels as between G. and W. (é should give wy) suggests comparison with creuchd, W. craith, *crempt- (Strachan). Thus beuc, baich suggests benk-ko-, further gṇk-ko-, root ꬶem, Lat. gemo, etc. The same result can be derived from the root geng- of geum, q.v.
beud, mischief, hurt, Ir. béad, E. Ir. bét, *bento-n; allied to Eng. bane.
beul, mouth, so Ir., O. Ir. bél, *bet-lo-, I. E. ꬶet-, whence Eng. quoth, Got. qithan. The idea is the "speaker". Some connect W. gwefl (=vo-bel), but this is probably *vo-byl, byl, edge (Ernault).
beulaobh, front, E. Ir. ar-bélaib, O. Ir. bélib; dat.pl. of beul; also mixed with this is the O. Ir. acc. pl. béulu.
