† baithev.
Obsolete. rare.
To grant; to agree, consent.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)]
thave835
baithea1350
consentc1386
accordc1400
agreea1413
sustainc1425
to fall to ——a1450
exalt1490
avow1530
to stand satisfactory to1576
teem1584
assent1637
to close with1654
fiat1831
to stand in1911
wear1925
a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 32 Þat bayþeþ me mi bone.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1840 Letteȝ be your bisinesse, for I bayþe hit yow neuer to graunte.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1404 Þay bayþen in þe morn To fylle þe same forwardeȝ þat þay by-fore maden.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 327 I schal bayþen þy bone þat þou boden habbes.
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