beth (s.xiii4/4)

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beth (s.xiii4/4)

[gdw]

[ FEW: ; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF:  beth 1; DMF:  beth; TLF: ; OED: ; MED:  beth n.2; DMLBS: 196a beth ]
 
Hebrew

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1 letter beth, second letter of the Hebrew alphabet
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1315-25 ) Purquei fust allez nomez De totes lettres la premereine, E beth ore la secundeine, E gimel, purquei terceine, E dalez issi quarteine  902
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1315-25 ) De alleph, beth, gimel, dalez Avant fustes opposez; Ore me dites, si vus savez, De he, vaf, zain, hez, E chescune lettre ke signefie  921
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex ) Et si vous volez savoir les lettres qe les juys usent, elles sont tieles et sont les nouns si come ils les appellent escript par dessous: aleph, beth, gymel, deleth, he, van, zai, gy, thet, ioth, kaph, lampd, mem, num, sameth, ey, phe, sade, coph, fyr, son, than  235
2 letter second letter of Mandeville's 'Saracen' alphabet
( 1356-57; MS: s.xivex ) jeo vous deviseray si vous plest quels lettres ils (=Saracens) ount ovesqez les nouns si q’ils les appellent: almoy, beth, cachi, deltoi, estoi, foithi, gaiepi, tothi, heth, iochi, kachi, lacm, milai, rabaloth, orthi, yrtho, zormich  283
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