A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bare-leg, Bair-leg, a. Also: beir lege. [ME. barlege (1483), e.m.E. bareleg (1587).] Bare-legged.1535 Stewart 56558.
Rurall men … Bairfit and bair leg … rynnand as tha war hyrit 1568 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 13.
The Assemblie ordanit … that ilk persone convict in the said cryme sall cum … , to the kirk dur quhair the peple enteris that day, bairfut and bairleg 1648 Rec. Old Aberd. II. 30.
To enter … beir foot and beir lege in seckcloth c1650 Spalding II. 233.
Scho gettis wp out of hir naiked bed, … bairfut and bairleg
