besing:

From Middle English besingen, from Old English besingan ?(“to sing of, bewail, sing charms, enchant”), from Proto-Germanic *bisingwan? ?(“to sing about”), equivalent to be- ?(“of, about”) +? sing. Cognate with Dutch bezingen ?(“to sing of, chant”), German besingen ?(“to sing of, sing the praises of”), Swedish besjunga ?(“to sing of”).