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buffeter (s.xii3/3)
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buffeter (s.xii3/3)

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buffater;  bufater,  bufeter  (bufveter)  
  FEW:  buff- 1,597b Gdf:  buffeter 1,751c GdfC: ∅ TL: bufeter 1,1191 DEAF:  bufe 1 (bufeter)  DMF:  buffeter  TLF: ∅ OED:  buffet v.  MED:  buffeten v.  DMLBS: ∅

v.trans.

to buffet, strike: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  Batirent vus e buffeterent  S Gile1 3654
( c.1325; MS: c.1325 )  Coment les juyfves bufvetoyent Jhesus […]. E luy cracheyent u visage […]  Bible Holkham 49.1
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  vostre petit garçion m’a ainsi froté, acraché, buffaté et batu  Man lang ANTS 24.5
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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