Com forthe, thou bysmare and brothel bolde.
brouke (A.S.) [209], to enjoy, use, to brook
brugg, pl. brugges (A.S.) a bridge
bruneste (A.S.) brownest
buggen, bugge (A.S.) [412], to buy. pres. pl. biggen. pret. boughte. part. act. buggynge, [410]
bummen (A.S. ?) [90], to taste (?)
burde (A.S.) [44], [404], a maiden, damsel, lady
burdoun (A.N.) [108], a staff
burel (A.N.) a kind of coarse brown woollen cloth. burel clerkes, [191]. Tyrwhit (Glos. to Chaucer) thinks this means lay clerks. In the Canterbury Tales, l. 7453, the friar says:—
And more we se of Goddis secré thinges,