Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Bulte; pt. s. of Bulde.

Bulte, v. boult, sift, B 4430.

Bumbe, v.; Bumbith, pr. s. booms (as a bittern), D 972 n.

Burdoun, s. burden of a song, bass-accompaniment, A 673; Burdon, A 4165.

Burel, adj. rough, unlettered, F 716; lay (people), D 1872, 1874. The idea is that of a man dressed in burel, or coarse woollen cloth. See Borel.

Burgeys, s. burgess, citizen, T. iv. 345; A 369, 754.

Burgh, s. borough; Burghes, pl. D 870.

Burie, v. bury; Buried, pp. 2. 14; Burieth, imp. pl. E 571; Bury, 2 pr. pl. subj. 3. 207.

Buriels, s. pl. burial-places, i.e. the Catacombs, G 186. Originally buriels as the singular form of the sb. (see the note).

Burne, v. burnish; Burned, pp. burnished, A 1983, B 4054, F 1247; polished, HF. 1387; lustrous, C 38. See Borne.