A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Bagage], sb. dregs, refuse, S3; baggage, ND.

[ Baid], pt. pl. remained, S3; see [Biden].

[ Baie], in phr.: to baie, at bay, S2; see [Bay].

[ Baili], sb. stewardship, villicatio, W; baillye, power of a bailiff, G.—OF. bailie, power.

[ Baili], sb. steward, villicus, W; baillif, bailiff, C; bailliues, pl., bailiffs, P; bayllyues, P.—OF. baillif.

[ Baill], sb. sorrow, S3; see [Bale].

[ Bair], adj. bare, S3; see [Bare].

[ Bairnis], sb. pl. bairns, S3; see [Barn].

[ Baiten], v. to feed, C2, S3; bayte, S2, C3.—Icel. beita.

[ Bak], sb. back, PP, C; cloth for the back, cloak, coarse mantle, C3; bac, S.—AS. bæc.