Bait, _v. a._ (a bear). HD. 1840. ON. beita Baker, _sb._ Rel. S. vii. 35 Balance, _sb._ == doubt. RG. 200 Bald, _adj._ [ballede]. RG. 377, 429 Baldelicker, == bolder. St Swithin, 69 Baldric, _sb._ == [baudry]. Alys. 4698. Fr. baldret. Lat. balteus Bale, _sb._ == woe. HD. 327. AS. bealu Baleful, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 53 Bali, == belly. _q. v._ Ball, _sb._ Fragm. Sci. 89 ---- == head. Alys. 6481. Compare our modern slang ‘nob’ Balm, _sb._ [baum]. Wright’s L. P. p. 35 Baloynge, == smoothness? Wright’s L. P. p. 35. See Prompt. Parv. s. v. Balhew Ban, _sb._ == message. RG. 188 ---- == troop, army. O. and N. 390 ---- _v. a._ == levy, or raise an army. O. and N. 1666 Band, _sb._ == chain, bond. [bende], RG. 379 Bandon, _sb._ == dominion, authority. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. pl. bandons, == orders, commands. Alys. 3180 Baneur, _sb._ == ensign-bearer. RG. 361 Bank, _sb._ (of a river). Alys. 3495 Banker, _sb._ == cloth or covering for a bench. Ritson’s AS. viii. 69. Fr. banquier. See Prompt. Parv. _s. v._ and Way’s note there Banner, _sb._ RG. 541, 542, 402 Banneret, _sb._ == a little banner. Alys. 5236 ---- == knight-banneret. RG. 551 Baptize, _v. a._ RG. 86 Baptizing, _sb._ RG. 86 Bar, _sb._ HD. 1794 Barbary, _sb._ == foreign lands. Ps. cxiii. 1 Barbet, _sb._ == a hood, or muffler. Pol. S. 154 Barbican, _sb._ Alys. 1591. Fr. barbacan. _Vid._ Roq. s. v.; and see Phil. Soc. Proc. vol. iii. p. 156 Bare, _sb._ == tree. O. and N. 56. ON. Barr Bare, _adj._ == naked. RG. 514 ---- == mere, single. M. Ode, 70 ---- == destitute, impoverished. RG. 511, 388 Barefoot, _adj._ RG. 434 Baret, _sb._ == quarrel. O. and N. 408. HD. 1932. ON. baratta Barge, _sb._ Alys. 852 Bark, _v. n._ Alys. 1935 Barking, _sb._ Alys. 4966 Barm, _sb._ == yeast. Rel. S. vii. 30. AS. bearme Barm, == bosom. K. Horn. 728. AS. bearm Barman, _sb._ == kitchen-porter. HD. 868. See ‘bermannen,’ in Gloss. to Laȝ. Barmhatres, == breast-cloths. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. AS. bearm, hæter Barn, _sb._ RG. 496 Baron, _sb._ RG. 369, 511 Baronage, _sb._ [barnage]. HD. 2947 Barony, _sb._ == estate of a baron. RG. 479 ---- == order of barons. RG. 535 Barrel, _sb._ Alys. 28 Barrow, _sb._ == wheel cart. 899 B. Baru, _sb._ == a gelt boar. RG. 207 Basilisk, _sb._ == a kind of serpent. Ps. xc. 13 Basin, _sb._ == helmet. Pol. S. 189. Alys. 2333. Fr. bacinet Basnet, _sb._ == a light helmet. Alys. 2234 Bast, == bastard. RG. 431, 516. Always preceded by ‘a’ Bastard, _adj._ RG. 412 Baston, _sb._ == a kind of verse. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175 Bat, _sb._ == club. Alys. 78 Batchelor, _sb._ RG. 453 Batchelry, _sb._ == order of batchelors, the youth. RG. 76 ---- == prowess. RG. 192 Bate, _v. a._ == make to abate, put an end to. Body and Soul, 167 Bath, _sb._ RG. 7 Bathe, _v. a._ Alys. 2708 ---- _v. n._ Rel. S. v. 210 Battailing, _sb._ == fighting. Alys. 100 Battailer, [batelur], _sb._ == warrior. Alys. 1433 Battle, _sb._ RG. 369, 514