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. Shaks., Mids. N., III. i. 14. Berlaken, a parlous feare.
a. 1625. Fletcher, Nice Valour, III. i. Birlakin sir, the difference of long taggs Has cost many a man’s life.
