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 GLOSSARY. A (in a wat^ woi)^ I : Sweet Will- iarn*s Ghost,, i^; Beichaity 23*. «, a all. ^ tty on, of. aboney abootiy above. ae., one : see tae,, tone. aiuj own. airtty airnSf iron. althery alder ^ aire (gen. pi.), of all. almusy alms. ancients, ensigns. andf if. ane, one. ankir, anchorite. as (with subjunctive), as if. aught, owns (Lady Maisry, ii**). ^2//^, old. avowe, vow. avowe founder or patron. awayte, to lie in wait. awkwarde, ackward, unexpected, evil (auh); or perhaps simply ayre, heir. Ba, ba ball. baffled, disgraced. bale, balys, evil, harm, ruin. ban, band. bande, bond, agreement. ^a«^, ^<z«/j, murderer. bar, bore, carried. barne, berne, a man. basnet, basnites, bassonnettes, hel- met. 3«///</, bold. ^^, p. p., been. be, by, bi, near. beams (MS. beanes), see note, ^«r- /<7«, 27^ bearing-arrow, an arrow that car- ries well (.^). bedone, wrought. heerys, biers. begoud (Beichan, 8^), began ; cf. begouth, Barbour, Bruce, ix, 183 (Murray). behote, promise (Gest, 315'); prom- ised (Gest, 297 3). belive, blive, quickly. ben, within (the house). benbow, bent bow ; bow. bent, open grassy place, field. ber (Cheviot, 42*), thrust, pierced ; cf. Chaucer, Knighfs Tale, v. 1398- berne (see barne), a man. bestand (R. H. Death, 23*), to bestead, avail. bested, placed, circumstanced : see note, Gest, 138^. bestis, beasts. bete, to remedy, to mend. beth, be, are. bi, by; bi west, in the west. biek, to bask. bigget, builded. biggins, buildings. bigly, spacious, ample. billie, bully, brother, comrade. Digitized by LjOOQIC
 * backward,* back-handed.