bi-

forming derivative v-s, 1. with the sense of: 1) “around”; bistandan “to stand around”; biƕairban “to throng around, surround”; 2) “moving by or past something”; bileiþan “to go past, pass by something; to leave behind, abandon”; 3) intensification of the action: biarbaidjan “to strive for” ( ← arbaidjan “to work”); 2. oft changing the original sense of the v: birōdjan “to complain” (cf rōdjan “to speak, talk”); bihlahjan “to ridicule, deride” (cf hlahjan “to laugh”)