Talk:bewry

Mark that bewry in OE and ME was a strong verb but I haven't ... yet ... found a byspel of it still be used as strong verb in modern English thus I left it as only a weak verb. If someone has a byspel of it as a strong verb, post it and add it to the verb form. AnWulf ... Ferþu Hal! 16:32, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

Modern vs Middle English
I rather doubt this is attested in modern English, but I'll see if I can find any cites on my own before I RFV it. - -sche (discuss) 19:27, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Middle English spelling of 'buried'
These cites suggest that this was a Middle English spelling of 'buried', too:, , ,. Actually... is the same book presently cited for the 'clothe' sense; I can't tell if both hits actualyl mean 'clothe' or both hits actually mean 'bury'... - -sche (discuss) 19:27, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Modern English vs Scots
Although has a quotation of Douglas supporting the 'distort' sense, the quotation supports it as a Scots word, not an English one. - -sche (discuss) 19:29, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

RFV discussion
It's probably possible to cite this as a verb meaning "betray" — I've already started, though I know not which etymology that sense has &mdash; but I suspect the meaning "clothe" is limited to Middle English, and the meaning "distort" may be limited to Scots (see Talk:bewry). Note that the one quotation already in the entry under the "clothe" sense is Middle English. - -sche (discuss) 19:46, 23 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Maybe, it could be that bewry in the witt of betray is an error for bewray. Anent clothe ... my thesaurus for clothe gives this: a valley clothed in conifers: cover, blanket, carpet; envelop, swathe. — So it means to cover which is what bewry means. One could say to a naked person: Bewry yourself! ... Meaning either "cover" or "clothe". I think you're being nitpicky, but yu won't hurt my feelings if yu take "clothe" out.--AnWulf ... Ferþu Hal! (talk) 16:22, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * There are 4 words in Scots using the form bewry. They are: 1). bewry: (for *bewryen < ME < OE, past participle of ) meaning "surrounded"; 2). bewry (< be- + wry) meaning "to wrest, distort"; 3). bewry a variant of bewray:; and 4). bewry (= beury) an alternative spelling for "bury". Leasnam (talk) 00:23, 30 July 2012 (UTC)


 * RFV-failed for now (moved to Middle English). Of the two citations (2&lt;3) in the entry, the 1500 one used the spelling "beryed" and used it in such a way that it is ambiguous is "buryed" or "bewryed" was meant. - -sche (discuss) 22:05, 11 October 2012 (UTC)