bad, bade, baed, III, 267, 15: abode, stopped, waited for. II, 115, 22; III, 312, 28; V, [236], 17: remained, staid. (A. S. bídan.)
badgers, III, 477, 8: pedlars.
baed, II, 115, 22: abode, stopped. See bad.
baffled, II, 479: thwarted (perhaps, made a fool of). IV, 146 f., 11, 31: affronted, insulted, or disgraced.
bail, life in, III, 10, 19: in power, at disposal.
bailie, III, 385, 12: municipal officer, alderman. IV, 326, 12: bailiff, steward, manager of an estate. See baylye.
bairn, barn, bern, III, 437, 28, 36; 453, 17; IV, 309, 5; 310, 12: child.
baist, pret., III, 164, b 26: beat. baste, p. p., III, 165, 92: beaten. (Icel. beysta?) See bace.
baked, II, 403, 2: becked, curtsied, made obeisance.
bale, II, 45, 30, 44; 58, 11; 419, 51; 466, 34; III, 92, 11, 18; 99, 51: ill, trouble, mischief, harm, calamity, destruction. See balys.