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(UK dialectal, Black Country, Bristol, West Country, Northern England) Used to form the second person singular of be. quotations examples
Thee bist rayther too much a feelosofer, I be afeard, for me.
1875, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch
Lookee, thee bist purty, my love; lookee, thee bist purty: thee hast dove's eyes betwix thy locks; thy locks be like a flock o' ship fur thickedness.
1904, Henry Branch, Cotswold and vale