+bǣre n. _manner, behaviour_, _El_: _gesture, cry_: _action_. [‘_i-bere_’; beran]
bærlic I. adj. _of barley_, KC 6·79^10. II. _open, clear, public_. adv. -līce.
bǣrmann m. _bearer, porter_, _Æ_. [‘_berman_’]
±bærnan (e) _to cause to burn, kindle, burn, consume_, _Sol_; AO, #VPs#. [v. ‘_burn_’]
bærnett (y^2) n. _burning, burn, cautery_, Æ: _arson_, LL.
bærning f. _burning_: _burnt offering_, #BPs# 50^18.
bærs m. _a fish, perch_, #Gl#. [_Ger._ barsch]
bærsynnig m. _notoriously wicked person, publican_, NG.
bæst mn.? _inner bark of trees, ‘bast,’_ _Æ, OET_.
bǣtan I. _to bait, hunt, worry_, Æ. [v. ‘_bait_’]: (BT) _make fast_? (Sedgef. = III). II. _to beat against the wind_? #Bo# 144^31. [_ON._ beita] III. _to furnish with a bit or bridle, saddle, curb_.
+bǣte, +bǣtel n. _bit, bridle_, pl. _trappings_, BH.
bǣtung (ē) f. _beating_ (_against the wind_?) (BT), _cable_ (Sedgef.), #Bo# 144^31.
bæð n. nap. baðu _‘bath,’ action of bathing_, _Lcd_: _laver_, _AO_: _liquid in which one bathes, medicinal spring_, _BH, KC_. ganotes b. _gannet’s bath_ (i.e. the sea), B.
bæðstede m., bæðstōw f. _bathing-place_, WW.
bæzere m. _baptiser, baptist_. [= _L._ baptista]
balc, balca m. _bank, ridge_, _Bo, WW_. [‘_balk_’]
bal-sam, -samum n. _‘balsam,’ balm_, _BH_.
balsminte f. _balsam-mint, water-mint_, WW 136^6.
±bān n. _‘bone,’ tusk_, _Jn, Æ, Gl_; AO, CP: _the bone of a limb_.
bana (o) m. _killer, slayer, murderer_, _B_; #Chr#: _the devil_: (f.) _murderess_, A 10·155. [‘_bane_’]
bānfāg _adorned with bonework_ (deer antlers?), B 781.
bāngebrec n. _fracture of a bone_, #An# 1439.
bānhelm m. _helmet, shield_? #Fin# 30 (v. also bārhelm).
bānhūs † n. _body, chest, breast_. bānhūses weard _the mind_, #Ex# 523.
+bann n. _proclamation, summons, command_, Æ, CP: _indiction (cycle of 15 years)_.
±bannan^7 _to summon, command, proclaim_. b. ūt _call out_, #Chr#.
+banngēar (-gēr) n. _indiction, year of the indiction_.
bānrift (y) n. _leggings, leg-armour, greaves_, #Gl#, WW (-rist).
bānsealf f. _salve for pain in the bones_, #Lcd# 138b.
bānwærc m. _pain in the bones_, WW 200^12.
banweorc n. _homicide, murder_, LL 244, 32, 4#d#.
bānwyrt f. _violet_? _small knapweed_? #Lcd#.
bārhelm m. _helmet with the image of a boar_? #Fin# 30 (v. also bānhelm).