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Goth

BERSIS, _s_ ”A species of cannon formerly much used at sea It reseer calibre,” Gl

Compl

_Complaynt S_

Fr _barce_, _berche_, ”the piece of ordnance called a base;” Cotgr

pl _barces_, _berches_

BERTH, _s_ Apparently, rage

_Wyntown_

Isl and Sw _braede_, id

BERTHINSEK, BIRDINSEK, BURDINSECK _The law of Berthinsek_, a law, according to which noa calf, sheep, or so much meat as he could carry on his back in a sack

_Skene_

A S _ge-burthyn in saeca_, a burden in a sack; or froe-beor-a_, portare

BERTYNIT, BERTNYT, _pret_ and _part pa_ Struck, battered

_Wallace_

This is evidently the same with ~Brittyn~, q v

BESAND, BEISAND, _s_ An ancient piece of cold coin, offered by the French kings at the mass of their consecration at Rheims, and called a _Bysantine_, as the coin of this description was first struck at _Byzantium_ or Constantinople It is said to have been worth, in French money, fifty pounds _Tournois_

_Kennedy_

_To_ BESEIK, _v a_ To beseech, to entreat

_Douglas_

A S _be_ and _sec-an_, to seek; Belg _ver-soek-en_, to solicit, to entreat; Moes G _sok-jan_, to ask, used with respect to prayer

BESY, _adj_ Busy

_Wyntown_