"without shoes and stockings," Old English bærfot; see bare (adj.) + foot (n.). Similar compounds in other Germanic languages.
he chased her barefoot across the meadow
the barefoot boy
bardic
bardolatry
bare
bareback
barefaced
barefoot
bare-handed
bare-headed
barely
bareness
barf
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