Obs. In 1–3 ba. [The neuter or common form of prec. used with and. The transition to the conjunctional use is seen in BO a. d. quots. 1000 and 1205, and in 1225 here. See BOTH.] The earlier word for BOTH.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 22. Siggeð Pater Noster & Ave Maria, bo biuoren & efter.
a. 1225. Leg. Kath., 50. Poure ba & riche comen þer.
a. 1240. Sawles Warde, in Lamb. Hom., 247. Ba wið eie ant wið luue.
c. 1300. in Wright, Lyric P., xviii. 58. Thin werkes bueth bo suete ant gode.
