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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Bouk], sb. the belly, trunk, body, C, JD; buc, S.—AS. búc: Icel. búkr.

[ Boun], pp. prepared to go, ready to start, S3, CM, PP; bon, ready, S2; bun, S2; bown, P, H.—Icel. búinn, prepared, pp. of búa, to get ready, to till; cp. AS. ge-bún, pp. of gebúan; cp. E. bound (said of a ship.)

[ Bounden], pp. bound, S, C2; see [Binden].

[ Bounen], v. to get ready, to go, also to make ready, NED; bowneth, pr. s., NED; bownd, pt. s., prepared himself, got ready, S3.

[ Bour], sb. bower, chamber, womens’ chamber, C, G; bur, dat., S; boure, S, S2, P; bowre, P; bourez, pl. sleeping-places, S2.—AS. búr, a dwelling.

[ Bourde], sb. jest, PP, C3, G; bourd, S2, S3; bord, NED.—OF. bourde.

[ Bourden], v. to jest, C3, PP; borde, NED.—OF. bourder.

[ Bourding], sb. jesting, 83.

[ Bourdon], sb. pilgrim’s staff, CM, HD; bordun, S2, PP; burdon, S, HD; burdoun, P, MD; bordon, MD, PP; bordoun, HD.—OF. bourdon (Cotg.); Low Lat. burdonem; see [Burdon].

[ Boustious], adj. noisy, S3; see [Boistous].