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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bekin, v. Also: bekn-, bekene, beikin, beakin, baikyn. [ME. beken, bikenen, becnyn, early ME. bæcnien, ONhb. bécniᵹa, OE. béacnian, bícnian.] a. intr. To give a sign; to beckon. b. tr. To direct by beckoning; to extend (the hand) in beckoning. a1400 Leg. S. xxix. 381.
The mastir … beknyt til his men in hy To swak sir Eustace in the se c1475 Wall. v. 356.
Thai beknyt him to quhat stede he suld draw 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. ii. 174.
‘Sister’ (said scho) ‘behald ȝone bysning schrew … Standis thair bound’, and bekinnit hir to me c1520-c1535 Nisbet Luke i. 22.
[He beknyt (or synet) to thame Id. John xiii. 24.]
Symon Petir bekenes to him 1600 Acts IV. 210/1.
His maiestie beknit furth his hand to me 1623 Melrose P. 522.
Those who beakned to the Hollanders to come and sease vpon the ship left by the Dunkerkers Ib. 533.
Baikynned