† biwaitv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To watch, look at.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look at or behold
to look to ——eOE
showeOE
lookeOE
lookOE
behold971
beseec1000
seeOE
to see on ——OE
yseeOE
yseeOE
belookc1175
to look against ——c1225
to lay eyes onc1230
biwaita1250
holde1303
aseea1325
to see upon ——a1350
rewardc1350
to look of ——?c1400
eyea1425
visage1450
aviewa1513
gove1513
regard1523
to look unto ——1545
respect1567
survise1600
aspect1610
reflect1611
inspeculate1694
spectate1709
to look for ——1786
deek1825
lookit1908
lamp1916
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1322 Hwat canstu wrecche þing of steorre Bute þat þu biwaitest [MSS. bihaitest] hi feorre.
2. intransitive. To look about or out, be circumspect.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > be cautious or take care [verb (intransitive)]
warea1000
biwaitc1456
to look to it1548
to look out?1553
to play safe1601
to be on the sure side1668
to mind out1823
to keep one's powder dry1837
to play it safe1873
to have a care1876
to watch it1916
to watch (or mind) one's step1934
c1456 How wise Man taught Son 92 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 173 Thou wyse bywayt, and wele awyse.
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