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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Bar], pt. s. bare, S, S2, C2; see [Beren].

[ Barayn], adj. barren, S3; see [Bareyne].

[ Barbarik], sb. barbarian, W.

[ Barbarus], sb. barbarian, W.

[ Barberyns], sb. pl. heathen men, W.

[ Barbour], sb. barber, C, NED; barboure, Prompt.—AF. barbour, OF. barbeor; Late Lat. barbatorem.

[ Barbre], adj. barbarous, S2, C3.

[ Bare], sb. bier, S; see [Beere].

[ Bare], sb. a wave, billow, NED, S2 (8b. 38); beres, pl., NED; bieres, MD; beares, MD.—Icel. bára.

[ Bare], sb. boar, S2; see [Boor].