bord, borde, bowrd, V, [78], 1; 80, 48, 49: jest, sport, amusement, comic tale.
bord, II, 450, 80; 451, 84: should perhaps be bore, as in 445, 77. Still, carried him out of the saddle by the impact of the spear which bored him through is not unlikely, and we have, p. 454, 55, out of his saddle bore him he did.
borden, adj., IV, 506, 73: of plank; borden tree, wooden plank.
born alive, ye were, IV, 521, 19; A, IV, 26, 16, has ‘That I love best that’s born alive,’ i.e. of all that are born. The ye should be yt, that, and probably was so meant.
borough-town, borrow’s toun, borrous-toun, etc. See borrows-town, burrow-town.
borowe, borrow, n. III, 59, 62-64, 66; 68, 237, 250: security. III, 405, 9: sponsor, vindicator.
borowe, borrow, v., I, 309, A 3; II, 177, 27; III, 25, 50; 298, 69; 329, 6; IV, 33, 15-18, 20, 21: set free, deliver, ransom.
borowehode, III, 68, 239: securityship.
borrows-town, borrous-toun, IV, 229, 1; V, [117], A 6, 7; [126], 1: borough-town, borough, corporate town. See borough (burrow)-town.
boskyd, III, 112, 60: busked, made ready. See busk.