different between bemoil vs besoil

English

be- +? moil, from French mouiller to wet; but compare also Old English bimolen to soil, and English mole.

bemoil (third-person singular simple present bemoils, present participle bemoiling, simple past and past participle bemoiled)

(obsolete) To soil or encumber with mire and dirt.
- 1594, William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew Act IV, Scene I.
  Tell thou the tale: –but hadst thou not crossed me, thou shouldst have heard how her horse fell, and she under her horse; thou shouldst have heard, in how miry a place; how she was bemoiled; ... .

From Middle English bisoilen, bisuilen, equivalent to be- +? soil.

besoil (third-person singular simple present besoils, present participle besoiling, simple past and past participle besoiled)

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