| 释义 |
† beˈwayne Obs. rare.
Also bewanȝe.
[f. be- + wain, gain. Perh. there was a vb. of the same form: it is even possible that we have a vb. in the first quot.]
Profit, advantage.
c1375Barbour St. Ninian 754 Mene cummis þar of landis sere..Of þe pardone for be-wanȝe. Ibid. 1279 Sir, ȝe ma haf na bewayne Vith sanctis þis [= þus] to mak bargane. |