An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 59

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 59

_To beit the fire_, or _beit the ingle_. To add fuel to the fire, S.


"_To beet_, to make or feed a fire." Gl. Grose.


_To beit a mister_, to supply a want, Loth.


2. To blow up, to inkindle, applied to the fire.


_Douglas._


3. To bring into a better state, by removing calamity or cause of sorrow.


_Wallace._


A. S. _bet-an_, _ge-bet-an_, to mend, to restore to the original state; Belg. _boet-en_; Isl. _bet-a_, Su. G. _boet-a_, id. _boet-a klaeder_, to repair or mend clothes. A. S. _bet-an fyr_, corresponds to the S. phrase mentioned above, struere ignem.


~Bett~, _part. pa._ Supplied.


_Wallace._


BEIT, _s._ An addition, a supply, S. B.


V. the _v._


BEITMISTER, _s._ That which is used in a strait, for supplying any deficiency; applied either to a person or to a thing; Loth.


V. ~Beit~, _v._ and ~Mister~.


_To_ BEKE, _v. a._ To bask.


V. ~Beik~.


BEKEND, _part._ Known; S. B. _bekent_.


_Douglas._


Germ. _bekaunt_, id. Teut. _be-kennen_, to know; A. S. _be-cunnan_, experiri.


BELCH, BAILCH, BILCH, _s._ (gutt.)


1. A monster.


_Douglas._


2. A term applied to a very l.u.s.ty person, S. B.


"_A bursen belch_, or _bilch_, one who is breathless from corpulence, q.


burst, like a horse that is broken-winded.


_Ross._


Teut. _balgh_, the belly; or as it is p.r.o.n. _bailg_, Moray, from Su.


G. _bolg-ia_, _bulg-ia_, to swell.


BELD, _adj._ Bald, without hair on the head, S.


V. ~Bellit~.


_Burns._


Seren. derives it from Isl. _bala_, planities. With fully as much probability might it be traced to Isl. _bael-a_, vastare, prosternere, to lay flat.


BELD, _s._ Pattern, model of perfection.


V. ~Beelde~.


BELD, _imperf. v._ Perhaps, took the charge of, or protected.


_Houlate._


Fr. _bail_, a guardian. In this sense it is nearly allied to E.


_bailed_, Fr. _bailler_, to present, to deliver up. As, however, we have the word _beild_, shelter, protection, _beld_ may possibly belong to a verb corresponding in sense.


BELD CYTTES, _s. pl._ Bald coots.


_Houlate._


The _bald coot_ receives its name from a _bald_ spot on its head. It is vulgarly called _bell-kite_, S.


BELDIT, _part. pa._ Imaged, formed.


V. ~Beelde~.


_Houlate._


Belg. _beeld-en_, Germ. _bild-en_, Sw. _bild-a_, formare, imaginari.


A. S. _bild_, _bilith_, Germ. Sw. _bild_, _belaete_, an image.


_To_ BELE, _v. s._ "To burn, to blaze."