B

Question 1

bade

Answer 1

old past tense of “bid”, pronounced “bad”

Question 2

baldric

Answer 2

a shoulder-belt for carrying horns, swords, etc

Question 3

bannock

Answer 3

flat bread-cake

Question 4

barrel

Answer 4

the long, cylindrical part of a key

Question 5

baseborn

Answer 5

ignoble, illegitimate

Question 6

bason

Answer 6

formerly a common spelling of basin

Question 7

bay

Answer 7

(of a dog) bark or howl

Question 8

bebother

Answer 8

bring trouble upon

Question 9

befall

Answer 9

happen, occur

Question 10

belie

Answer 10

give a false impression

Question 11

benighted

Answer 11

in, or overtaken by, darkness

Question 12

bent

Answer 12

open place covered with grass

Question 13

beset

Answer 13

attacked, assaulted by enemies

Question 14

besom

Answer 14

a stiff broom made out of sticks and twigs

Question 15

besotted

Answer 15

made drunk

Question 16

besotted2

Answer 16

obsessed, entranced

Question 17

besought

Answer 17

old past tense of beseech

Question 18

bier

Answer 18

platform for carrying a coffin or body

Question 19

billow

Answer 19

(large) wave

Question 20

bivouac

Answer 20

temporary camp, without tents

Question 21

blazoned

Answer 21

painted or inscribed (an heraldic term)

Question 22

bole

Answer 22

tree-trunk

Question 23

bond

Answer 23

storage of wine, etc, until duty has been paid; out of bond released from this

Question 24

booby

Answer 24

stupid person

Question 25

boon

Answer 25

favour, gift

Question 26

brakes

Answer 26

thickets

Question 27

brazen

Answer 27

made of brass

Question 28

brock

Answer 28

badger, a British rural dialect word

Question 29

brood

Answer 29

children

Question 30

brood2

Answer 30

related creatures

Question 31

brook

Answer 31

tolerate, accept

Question 32

buckler

Answer 32

a small round shield, held in one hand

Question 33

bulwark

Answer 33

a defensive structure

Question 34

burg

Answer 34

walled and fortified town[1]

Question 35

burgeon

Answer 35

come forth, bud, begin to grow quickly

Question 36

burnished

Answer 36

polished

Question 37

byre

Answer 37

a shed or barn for cattle. (In British English a barn is a storage building for grain, hay, straw, etc., not a shelter for animals.)