Bidde, v. n. == need, ought. HD. 1733. Another form of ‘bud.’ Dan. bör. Compare Chaucer’s ‘bode.’ Rom. Rose, 790
Birde, sb. For HD. 2760, read Wright’s L. P. pp. 25, 30
Birde, vb. pret. == it behoved. HD. 2760. ON. byrjar. Dan. bör
Brol ? Rel. Ant. ii. 192
By, v. a. == to defame. Manuel des Pecches, 1355. ON. bía, maculare
Ferblet. Possibly ‘suffused with blood,’ ‘sanguine.’ Cf. ‘forbled,’ in the Anturs of Arthur at Tarne Wathelan, st. 51
Graueth. Probably for ‘graveth,’ or ‘geraveth,’ from AS. reáf, clothing
JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.