A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bewave, Bywave, v. Also: bewaff, bywaif; bevaue. [f. wave Waif v. Used only by Douglas, occas. with p.p. in the same form as the inf.] tr. To toss about; to blow or sweep away.1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. iii. 346.
How that Eneas … was be the seyis rage Bewauit oft Id. Æn. iii. vi. 184.
To gaddir … thame with the wynd bewave Ib. iv. i. 30.
Quhat … fatale aventure Hes hym bywaif Ib. xii. iii. 102.
This convyne … Do brek, disturb, and with the wynd bywave
