(a) A bow for shooting; longbow, crossbow; also, an arbalest; (b) boue of brake, a kind of arbalest; boue of vis, a kind of crossbow; pesed boue, a bow made up of pieces or sections; stele boue, a……
(a) To bow, kneel, or prostrate oneself; bow to (sb.), kneel or prostrate oneself before; of the head or knee: bend down in reverence; bouen on kne, to kneel; bouen to fot, fall at the feet of (sb.)……
(a) To protect (sb.), preserve (sb.) alive, afford refuge to (sb.); refl. save oneself, escape; ben iborȝen, be acquitted; (b) ben (worthen) iborȝen, to be saved from damnation, be redeemed, attain……
