(a) A type of grass; prob., any of several coarse wild grasses growing in open fields; (b) an element in personal and place names; (c) ~ feld, a field covered with the type of grass called bent(e, an open and uncultivated field; --also, as place name.

(a) A field covered with the grass called bent; an open field, a tract of uncultivated ground; in ~ and in borwe, in field and in town, in town and country; under a ~, beside an open field; (b) a battlefield; (c) baratour on ~, fighter in the field, warrior; bataile on ~, a pitched battle; bern on ~, man in the field, warrior; bold upon ~, bold in the field, doughty; bringen to ~, bring into the open, bring to bay.