† byrˈlakin Obs.
Also 6 bylakyn, belakin, byrlakyn, berlaken, 7 birlakin.
A contraction of by our Ladykin; cf. prec.
| a 1528 Skelton Magnyf. 341 By lakyn, Sir, it hath cost. 1548 Warrikin Fair in Gentl. Mag. (1740) Sept., ‘Belakin’ quo hee, ‘but I connau tel’. 1570 Play Wit & Sc. (1848) 52 Byrlakyn! Syr. 1590 Shakes. Mids. N. iii. i. 14 Berlaken, a parlous feare. a 1625 Fletcher Nice Val. iii. i, Birlakin sir, the difference of long taggs Has cost many a man's life. |