ME. form of bear-bag, whether in sense of ‘barley-bag’ or of ‘bag-bearer’ (cf. turn-key); applied opprobriously to the Scotch.
1352. Minot, Poems, ii. 17. Bere-bag with thi boste, thi biging es bare. Ibid., i. 41. He brought meni bere bag With bow redy bent.
