Broyse, _imp. s._ bruise, 59/12; broysed, _pp._ 6/30. Brue, _v._ to brew, 146/15. Brumentes, _s. pl._ inventories, 152/5. Roquefort gives: ‘_Brevememt_ [obviously an error for _Brevement_], état de dépense, mémoire, agenda, bordereau.’ He also notes _breumen_, used for _brevement_, briefly. Hence _brument_ is for _brevement_, i.e. short list, abstract. Brused, _pp._ bruised, 129/4. Bryckle, _adj._ brittle, 100/8. Bryne, _s._ brine, 44/8. Brynke, _s._ brink, brim, top, 148/3. Bryse, _imp. s._ bruise, 129/3. _See_ Broyse. Buddes, _s. pl._ buds, shoots, 126/11. Bukler, _s._ buckler, 142/3. Bulder-stones, _s. pl._ smooth large round stones, 15/28. Bull, _s._ harrow-bull, 15/9. _See_ Harowe-bulles. Bulleys, _s. pl._ bullaces, 136/4, 140/1. Bunnes, _s. pl._ dry stalks, 70/9. “_Bun_, a dry stalk;” Wright. Cf. Gael. _bun_, a root, stock, stump; _bunan_, stubble. Burges, _pr. s._ buds, burgeons, 135/8. Burthen, _s._ crop, 12/21. Bussheles, _s. pl._ bushels, 12/8. Busshell-pokes, _s. pl._ bags or sacks holding a bushel, 141/69. Bustardes, _s. pl._ bustards, 146/29. But, _prep._ except, 122/1; but and, _conj._ if, 44/2. By, _v._ buy, 56/5; bye, 148/36. By and by, _phr._ exactly, distinctly, in order one after the other, 126/15; immediately, 42/8. See Wright’s Gloss. Byd, _v._ to bid, invite, 152/18. Byer, _s._ buyer, 118/6. Bygge, _s._ bigg, the name of a kind of barley, 13/27. _Bigg_ occurs as the name of a kind of barley A.D. 1474-5; see Rogers, Hist. Agric. vol. iii. Icel. _bygg_, Dan. _byg_, barley. Byghte, _s._ (bight), bend, 132/6. Byrdes, _s. pl._ birds, chickens, 146/30. Caluary, Calvary, 166/32. Cambrydge-shyre, 2/27. Camborell, _s._ the hock of an animal, 107/3. Usually _cambrel_ or _gambrel_. Can, _pr. s._ knows, 52/7; _pr. pl._ 147/26. Candell-lyghte, _s._ candle-light, 149/5. Candelmas, _s._ the day of the purification of the Virgin, Feb. 2, 134/22. Canker, cancer, a disease of horses, _note_ to 83/1; p. 141. Cannes, _s. pl._ cans, 141/68. Capitayne, _s._ captain, 167/28. Carte-ladder, _s._ a frame-work behind a cart, 5/27. See _carte-ladders_, 5/30. Cart-sadel, _s._ the small saddle placed on a horse in the shafts, 5/27. Caryage, _s._ traffic of carts, 128/12. Caryen, _s._ carrion, 6/34, 58/10. Casses, _s. pl._ the name of a kind of apple, 130/4. Roquefort gives _casse_, as meaning an oak. Cf. Low Lat. _casnus_, F. _chêne_, an oak. Caste, _v._ to swarm, as bees, 122/6; caste, _pp._ thrown over, as ploughed earth, 33/4. Castynge, _s._ casting, 13/16. See 13/13. Cattell, _s._ cattle, 37/2. Cayphas, Caiphas, 166/27. Chafed, _pp._ heated, over-ridden, 85/5. Chafynge, _pres. pt._ growing warm, 88/2. Chall-bones, _s. pl._ jawbones, 86/3.
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