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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1399-1400
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Buffet, Buffit, v. [ME. buffeten (a 1225), boffate, OF. buffeter.] tr. To beat or buffet. — a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 658.
Paganis and Jowis fellely [to] Buffit thame dispituisly a1400 Ib. xlvii. 57.
Thane gert he buffit hir rycht sare
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