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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

Bond; see [Binden].

[ Bonde], sb. a peasant serf, slave, NED, S2; pl., PP.—AS. bonda, bunda, a householder; Icel. bóndi, for búandi, a tiller of the soil.

[ Bonde-man], sb. tiller of the soil, NED; bondman, P; bondemen, pl., S2, P, G, PP.

[ Bone], sb. pain, poison, PP; see [Bane].

[ Bone], sb. prayer, petition, S, S2, C3, G, PP; bon, S2; boone, C, G; bonen, pl., S.—Icel. bón. Cf. [Bene].

[ Bonen], adj. made of bone, S2.

[ Bonet], sb. additional sail, PP, Cath.—OF. bonet, bonnet.

[ Bonk], sb. bank, shore, S2, S3; see [Bank].

Boo-; see Bo-.

[ Boor], sb. boar, C, W2; bare, S2; bore, S, PP; bor, S2, PP; bores, pl., P.—AS. bár.