buik, buke, IV, 411, 2; V, [122], 9: book.
buik, II, 71, 10: pret. of bake (A. S. bóc).
builded, pret., III, 123, 4; sheltered, hid. (A. S. byldan, Scot, bield.)
buird, V, [138], 11, 12, 14: board.
buirdly, buirlie (bride), II, 82, 51; 130, 8: portly, stately, large and well made. buirdlie men, II, 315, E 6. See bierly.
buke, II, 165, 14: bouk, body. The verse is suspicious; more sense could be had by reading Maist fair, etc., and making the line the beginning of the speech of the fourth brother. See bouk, buik.
buke, buik, book.
bukeld, V, [276], 18. See baucheld.
buld, build, built.
bull-baits, I, 103, E 4: represents strokes, blows (cf. other versions), and must have some such sense. Possibly a corruption of buffets, though I see not how. A compounding of Old English bollen, to strike, and of beat would be unlikely. Bull-baits, for violent assaults, no doubt seemed good enough to the reciter.