† beˈdwynge,v.Obs. Pa.pple.bydwongen. [Only in Caxton: prob. a. Flem.bedwing-en.] trans. To constrain, to restrain. 1480Caxton Ovid's Met. xii. iii, I oughte well thenne bedwynge myn herte.1481― Reynard (Arb.) 37 They had none lorde ne were not bydwongen.