Obs. rare. Also Begeneld, -el, -yld. [App. f. BEGUIN + -ILD a female suffix: see BEGGILD. But in one passage the name seems to be applied to a male, and in the other it is doubtful.] A beggar; ? properly, a beggar woman.
1393. Langl., P. Pl., C. X. 154. With a bagge at hus bak, a begeneldes [v.r. begenildys] wyse. Ibid., XI. 263. A begeneldes [v.r. begenyldis] douhter, that no curtesye can.
