v. [f. BE- 1 + FREEZE v.] trans. To freeze up or over; to freeze intensely.
c. 1200. Ormin, 13854. All iss itt uss bifrorenn.
1393. Gower, Conf., I. 220. Danubie … Whiche alle befrose thanne stood.
1623. Bingham, Xenophon, 69. Scorching and befreezing the limbes of the Souldiers.
