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▪ I. † beˈken, v. Obs.
Forms: 3–4 bi-, bykennen, 4 biken(ne, 4–5 beken.
[f. be- + ken.]
1. trans. To make known, to declare, to show.
a1300Havelok 1268 Kinges sone, and kinges eyr That bikenneth that croiz so fayr.
2. To deliver.
a1300Cursor M. 7242 Till his foos sco him be-kend. 1330R. Brunne Chron. 332 A wif þei him bikenne. a1400Morte Arth. 2355 They..Bekende theme the caryage, kystis and oþer.
3. To commend or commit to the care of.
c1350Will. Palerne 5423, I bikenne ȝou to Crist þat on Croyce was peyned. a1400Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1867) 90 His modir in keping to þe he bekende. a1400Morte Arth. 482 Sir Cadore..to Crist þeme be-kennyde. c1420Sir Amadace xxxii, Cryst of hevon, Y yo beken!
¶ See also bikenn.
▪ II. † ˈbeken, bekin, n. Obs.
[Identical in spelling with 16th c. forms of beacon, but nothing appears to be known of the word beyond what is contained in the quotations.]
1538Elyot Dict., Cinclidæ are bayes or parclosis made aboute the places of judgement, where men not being sutars, may stande, beholde, and here what is done and spoken amonge the juges and pledours. Such a lyke thing is at Westmynster Hall about the common place, and is called the bekens. 1577Holinshed Chron. III. 934/1 The kings of armes..stood in their place, which was in the bekins at the kings bench.
▪ III. beken
obs. form of beacon, beckon. |