Middle English Dictionary Entry
bāren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | bāren v. |
| Etymology | OE ā)barian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To uncover, lay bare, expose; (b) to deprive (of possessions); (c) to disclose, reveal.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1878 : Thoru a fouxul..mai we Knaw if þe erth oght bared be.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)71b/b : It is necessarye in grete contusions for to nakne or bare [L denudare] & dilate..som partie of þe fracture.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)24 : Baryn or to make bare: Nudo, denudo.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.14 : Saue vppon that other half the rynde. Men sayn the pith to bare is not ther kynde.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)263/13 : Þis Iohannes Damascenus..barid his wownd & shewid hur his arm.
b
- (1443) Let.in Ellis Orig.Let.ser.3.180 : The grete and importable charges..bared vs gretely of tresore and redy good.
c
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1912 : If he sag hise breðere mis-faren, His fader he it gan vnhillen & baren.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1149 : Þat watz bared in Babyloyn in Baltazar tyme, Hou harde unhap þer hym hent.