A.S. boh.
Billis, letters, [142].
Fr. billet.
Blindis, blindness (?), [1903].
Borde, to meet in a hostile manner, encounter, [809].
We find in R. border, to joust, fight with lances.
Compare Fr. aborder, and Spenser’s use of bord. See horde in Burguy.
Bot, (1) but; (2) without. In general, without is expressed by but, and the conjunction by bot; but this distinction is occasionally violated.
Bown, ready, prepared, [1036].
O.N. búinn, past part. of búa, to prepare. Su.-G. boa, to prepare. J.