The Rowley Poems Part 56

B.

Bankes, T. III. _Benches_.

[Bante, ae. 207. _Banned, cursed_.]

Barb'd hall, ae. 219. [See Appendix, p. 317, -- 8.]

Barbed horse, ae. 27. _Covered with armour_.

[Bardi, H. 1. 305. _Bards_. (Latin plural!)]

Baren, ae. 880, for _Barren_.

Barganette, E. III. 49. _A song, or ballad_. C.

Bataunt, Ba. 276. 292. [Evidently a musical instrument, but Sk. can get no nearer an etymological explanation than O.F. _battant_, a fuller's mallet.]

Battayles, ae. 707. _Boats, s.h.i.+ps_. Fr.

Batten, G. 3. _Fatten_. C.

Battent, T. 52. _Loudly_. C.

Battently, G. 50. _Loud roaring_. C.

Battone, H. 1. 520. _Beat with sticks_. Fr.

Baubels, Ent. 7. _Jewels_. C.

Bawfin, ae. 57. _Large_. C.

Bayre, E. II. 76. _Brow_. C.

Beheste, G. 60. _Command_. C.

Behight, H. 2. 365. [_Name_; from _hight_, called.]

Behylte, ae. 939. _Promised_. C.

Belent, H. 2. 121. [? from Speght's blent, _stayed, turned back_.]

Beme, ae. 563. _Trumpet_.

Bemente, E. I. 45. _Lament_. C.

Benned, ae. 1185. _Cursed, tormented_. C.

Benymmynge, P.G. 3. _Bereaving_. C.

Bercie, p. 278. 8. [No explanation.]

Berne, ae. 580. _Child_. C.

Berten, T. 58. _Venomous_. C.

Beseies, T. 124. _Becomes_. C.

Besprente, T. 132. _Scattered_. C.

Bestadde, p. 286. 3. [_Lost_, K.'s _bestad_ (O.).]

Bestanne, ae. 411. [=Bestadde.]

Bested, H. 2. 140. [_Contended_. ? from B.'s bestad, _beset, oppressed_.]

Bestoiker, ae. 91. _Deceiver_. C.

Bestreynts, H. 2. 634. [_Sprinkles_, from K.'s betreint (O.), _sprinkled_; but affected by _bestrewed_.]

Bete, G. 85. _Bid_. C.

Betra.s.sed, G. 7. _Deceived, imposed on_. C.

Betraste, ae. 1031. _Betrayed_. C.

Betreinted, H. 2. [634] 707. [_Sprinkled_; from K.'s betreint (O.), _sprinkled_.]

Bevyle, E. II. 57. _Break. A herald term signifying a spear broken in tilting_. C.

Bewrate, H. 2. 127. [_Treachery_.]

Bewrecke, G. 101. _Revenge_. C.

Bewreen, ae. 6. _Express_. C.

Bewryen, Le. 42. _Declared, expressed_. C.

Bewryne, G. 72. _Declare_. C.

Bewrynning, T. 128. _Declaring_. C.

Bighes, ae. 371. _Jewels_. C.

Birlette, E. III. 24. _A hood, or covering for the back part of the head_. C.

Bismarde, p. 285. 141. [_Curious, wondering_; from bismar, _curiosity_, K.B. and Speght.]

Blake, ae. 178. 407. _Naked_. C.