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bai1 (1167-8)
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bai1 (1167-8)

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  FEW:  badius 1,202a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  bai 8,272b TL: bai 1,892 DEAF:  bai  DMF:  bai  TLF:  bai  OED:  bay adj. (and n.6)  MED:  bai adj.  DMLBS:  badius 175a

a.

colourhorseszool.(of horse) bay, reddish-brown: 
( MS: c.1250 )  equus badius, cheval bai  TLL i 417
( MS: s.xii/xiii )  badios: (O) bays (var. (C: xiiiex) bayz; (A: xiii) bais)  TLL ii 39
( 1330-31 )  prist soun chival bay  Sel Bills Eyre 94

s.

1colourhorseszool.bay, redish-brown horse: 
( c.1185 )  Le bon bai lui ad fait mener  Proth ANTS 9634
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3? )  Engelers est el bai muntez  Otinel 1116
2 name (used as a surnamed): 
( 1167-8 )  Alfricus le Bai  Pipe Roll xiv 142

See also:

baiard1  Baiard2  sorbai 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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