Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn. · To accuse. · To bewitch.
From Middle English becrien, equivalent to be- (“about, at, over, upon”) + cry.
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- Inherited-form mentionbecrienenm
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