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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1486-1648
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Barefute, Bairfut(e, a. Also: barfwte, -feit; bairfit, bairfoot; berfute, beirfoot. [ME. barefoot, barfote (pl. barfeet), barfot, OE. bærfót.] With bare feet; barefooted. a1400 Legends of the Saints vi. 591.
[To] ger the appostil one tham stand … barfwte c1420 Wynt. v. 2912.
He come bare fute devotly a1500 Henr. Fab. 180.
Bairfute … scho passit out of toun 1486 Misc. Spald. C. V. 30.
That he sal cum … bair fute and bair heid c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 210.
Bla berfute [M. bairfute] berne 1535 Stewart 43397; 1535 Ib. 56557.
He … barfeit als to Canterberrie ȝeid 1568 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 13 (see Bare-leg). a1598 Ferg. Prov. 13.
To see a goose go bair fit 1648 Rec. Old Aberd. II. 30, etc. (see Bare-leg).
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