buffe (1165-80 (?))
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buffe (1165-80 (?))

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  FEW:  buff- 1,597b Gdf:  buffe 2 1,750c GdfC: ∅ TL: bufe 1,1189 DEAF:  bufe 1  DMF:  buffe  TLF:  buffe  OED:  bouffe n.1  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
buf,  bufe;  bouffe;  bofe,  boffe ,  bef  30-31 Ed I 109  

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1blow, knock, strike: 
( MS: s.xiii )  colaphus: buf  166
( MS: s.xiii2 )  alapam: buffe  ii 171
2meteo.whirlwind: 
( MS: s.xiii )  turbine: turbo, turbinis, gallice bufe  i 133
( MS: s.xiii )  impetus: venti turbo, bofe  27
3outburst: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Si li malfee entre vous vente nule buffe de corouz ou de gros queor  175.17-18
buffe de vent, bise (etc.)
1meteo.puff, gust of wind: 
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  Harpe, gige […] N’i valdreient un buf de vent  203.122
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Dunc (if the foundation is on solid rock) n’averum guarde ke buffe de bise le reverse  i 24
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  une petite buffe de vent la (=dust) departe tut a nient  26.15
asseer, doner une buffe a
1 to strike, deliver a blow to: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiiiex )  pus tele buffe a le neim dona Ke quatre denz li eslocha  613
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Vilaine buffe lui asist Desuz l’oie  5101
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  une buffe lui a assise De pleine paume enz en la gise  6683
( MS: c.1300 ) Si me acuperent, bufes donant. Tuit si senglant, si coroné Devant le pople fu mené  80v
♦fig.to deliver a blow, cause damage to: 
( 1369; MS: s.xv1 )  les Franceois ont desja doné une tiel bufe a la principauté que nous ne purrons recoverir a grand temps  200.138.81
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