beath

Meaning

Verb

To bathe (with warm liquid); foment.
To dry or heat (unseasoned) wood for the purpose of straightening it.

Origin

From Middle English bethen, from Old English beþian, beþigean, beþþan, bæþþan, from Proto-West Germanic *baþþjan, *baþigōn, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁-. Cognate with Middle Dutch betten, bessen.

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