Etymology

becry

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Today it means: To cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn. Full definition →

Middle English becrien
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombecrien
  2. English todaybecry

From Middle English becrien, equivalent to be- (“about, at, over, upon”) + cry.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.