Middle English Dictionary Entry
bǒu n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bǒu n. |
| Etymology | ON; see OD bow n.(4). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Farmstead or livestock; (b) ~ herde, ~ hirt, herdsman; (c) ~ erthe, pasture land.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6744 : Qua stelis scep or ox or cu To sla or sell, of oþer bu, Oxen fiue for an he pai.
b
- (1222) Domesday Bk.St.Paul in Camd.6952 : Vnguinus de buherde.
- (1324) Court R.Lan.in LCRS 4193 : Aline Buhirt.
c
- (1263) Inquis.PM Hen.III in Archaeol.Cant.3262 : [There are there thirty-seven acres of] Bouherthe, [the price of each acre 6 d.].