Barian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - barian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

barian
Substitute: I. to lay bare, remove a covering:--Twégen diáconas barian (nudent) ꝥ weofud, Angl. xiii. 417, 749. II. to strip, despoil:--Leódhatan þe þurh mansylene bariað þás þeóde, Wlfst. 310, 5.

Related words: á-, ge-barian. barian

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