Alyes, probable corruption of algates, Azont, beyond; azont the ingle,

Aplyght, aplyht, al aplyht, quite Baith, bathe, both.

1 In the west of Scotland, at this present time, in many cottages they pile their peats and turfs upon stones in the middle of the room.

Balow, hush! lullaby!

Balys bete, better our bales, i. e. re-
medy our evils.

Ban, banning, curse, cursing.
Band, bond, covenant.
Banderolls, streamers, little flags.
Bane, bone.

Bar, bore.

Bar hed, barehead; perhaps bared.
Barne (A.-Sax. beorn) chief, man.
Barrow-hogge, gelded hog.

Base court, lower court of a castle.
Basnete, basnite, basnyte, bassonet,
bassonette, helmet.

Bason. See Basnete.
Battes, heavy sticks, clubs.
Baud, bold.

Bauzen's skinne, dressed sheep or
badger leather. Bauzon mittens.
Bayard, noted blind horse in the old

romances.

Be, by; be that, by that time.
Bearn. See Bairn.

Bearyng arowe, an arrow that car

ries well. Perhaps bearing, or birring; i. e. whizzing.

Bed, bade.

Bede, offer, engage.

Bedeene, immediately; continuously?
Bedight, bedecked.

Bedone, wrought, made up.
Bedyls, beadles.

Beere, bier.

Bees, to have bees, to be choleric.

Beette, did beat.

Befall, befallen.

Befoir, before.

Beforn, before.

Begylde, beguiled, deceived.
Beheard, heard.

Behests, commands, injunctions.
Behove, behoof.

Belive, immediately, presently.
Belyfe. See Belive.

Ben, bene, been; be, are.

Ben, within doors; the inner room.
Bende-bow, bent bow.

Bene, bean, expression of contempt.
Benison, blessing.

Bent, long grass; wild fields.
Benynge, benigne; benign, kind.
Beoth, be, are.
Bereti, beareth.

Ber the prys, bear

the prize. Berys, beareth.
Berne. See Barne.
Bernes, barns.
Beseeme, become.

Beshradde, cut into shreds.
Beshrew me! Weak imprecation.
Besmirche, to soil, discolour.
Besprent, besprinkled.
Beste, beest, art.
Bested, abode.
Bestis, beasts.

Bet, better. Bett, did beat.
Beth, be, are.

Bewray, to discover, betray.
Bi mi leautè, by my loyalty, honesty.
Bickarte, bicker'd, skirmished; also,
swiftly coursed.2

Bille, promise in writing, confirmed
by an oath.
Birk, birch-tree.

Blan, blanne, did blin, linger, stop.
Blaw, blow.

Blaze, emblazon, display.
Blee, complexion, colour.
Bleid, blede, bleed.

Blent, ceased; blended.
Blink, glimpse of light.

Blinkan, blinkand, twinkling.

Blinking, squinting.

Blinks, twinkles, sparkles.

Blinne, cease, give over.
Blist, blessed.

Blive, believe, immediately.
Bloomed, beset with bloom.
Blude, blood.

Bluid, bluidy, blood, bloody.
Blyth blithe, sprightly, joyous.

2 Mr. Lambe also interprets "BICKERING," by rattling, e. g.:

"And on that slee Ulysses head

Sad curses down does BICKER."

Translat. of Ovid.

3"BUT o' house means the outer part of the house, outer room, viz. that part of the house into which you first enter, suppose from the street.

o' house" is the inner room or more retired part of the house. The daughter did not lie out of doors. The cottagers often desire their landlords to build them a BUT and a BEN.-Mr. Lambe.

Bye, buy, pay for; also, abye, suffer Chevaliers, knights.