verb
Meaning 1
To shield; hide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, transitive
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Standard Lemma guide
bewave
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verb
Meaning 2
To lay wait for; overpower by means of some base stratagem.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, transitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To blow or toss about; blow, waft, or sweep away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To wander or waver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, intransitive
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History
Etymology
From Middle English biweven, biwǣven, from Old English bewǣfan (“to enfold, wrap round, cover over, clothe”).
From be- + wave.