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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Boot], sb. boat, S2, W, CM; bot, PP.—AS. bát.

[ Boras], sb. borax, C, C3.—OF. boras: It. borace; Arab. bōraq.

[ Bord], sb. board, table, S, S2, C, NED; borde, S; boord, W; bordes, pl., S.—AS. bord, plank. Cf. [Bred].

[ Borgounen], v. to bud, S2; see [Burjounen].

Borne; see [Burne].

[ Bornen], v. to burnish, S3; see [Burnen].

[ Borwe], sb. pledge, surety, W2, C, C2, G; borgh, H; borghe, P; borewe, S2; borwes, pl., sponsors, S2; pledges, P.—AS. borh.

[ Borwen], v. to deliver, to borrow, MD, PP, C2, G; borewe, W2; borowe, NED; borwede, pt. s., PP.—AS. borgian.

[ Borwynge], sb. borrowing, Prompt.; borewyng, S2.

Boske; see [Busch].