Obs. rare–1. [App. a corrupt form. Cf. OE. béaʓ (ME. béȝ, beigh) and ON. baugr, ring, armilla, etc.] A chaplet.
c. 1300. in Wright, Lyric P., xxv. 70. That thou me havest ben so fre, Thy bac of thornes, thy nayles thre.
