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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Barowe], sb. barrow-pig, MD; bareȝ, S, NED.—AS. bearh.

[ Barrat], sb. confusion, S3; see [Baret].

[ Barre], sb. bar of a door, C; bar of justice, G, PP; barres, pl., ornament of a girdle, C, PP.—OF. barre.

[ Barste], pt. s., burst, S2, PP; see [Bresten].

[ Baselarde], sb. dagger, MD, PP, Prompt.; Baslard, PP.—AF. baselarde. OF. basalart (cp. Low Lat. bassilardus). Probably from Late Lat. badile, a billhook; see NED.

[ Basnetes], sb. pl., helmets, S3; see [Bacinet].

[ Bataille], sb. battle, S, PP; bataile, PP; batayle, S2, C, PP; batayls, pl. battalions, S3.—OF. bataille.

[ Bataillen], v. to embattle, fortify, MD; batailed, pt. s., PP; bataylld, pp. embattled, C.—OF. bataillier.

[ Baten], v. to bate, abate, grow less, S2, MD; see [Abaten].

[ Bateren], v. to batter, beat, pat, PP.—OF. bat-, stem of batre, with freq. suffix -er.