v. Obs. rare. [Cf. ON. beiða to ask, beg.] To grant; to agree, consent.
c. 1300. in Wright, Lyric P., 27. Þat bayeþ me mi bone.
c. 1340. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 327. I schal baiþen þy bone þat þou boden habbes. Ibid., 1404. Þay bayþen in þe morn To fylle þe same forwardez þat þay byfore maden. Ibid., 1840. Lettez be your bisinesse, for I bayþe hit yow neuer to graunte.
