v. Obs. Forms: 2 beloc-en, 3 bilok-on(n, -in. [ME., f. BE- pref. 1 + lokien, OE. lócian to LOOK. Cf. senses of BEHOLD, BESEE.]
1. intr. To look.
c. 1175. Cott. Hom., 233. To neowelnesse þe under eorðe is be-locest.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 132. Heo mot wel … bilokin [v.r. biholden] on euch half.
2. trans. To look at, consider. Also absol.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 77. Nu hit is god time to beloken þe sicnesse of þe sowle.
a. 1400. Octouian, 1046. Of many a knyght he was beloked.
3. refl. To look about one, cast one’s eyes about.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 132. [He] bilokeð him euer ȝeorneliche al abuten.
c. 1220. Bestiary, 529, in O. E. Misc., 17. Ðe sipes ðat arn on se fordriuen … biloken hem and sen ðis fis.
