buffeten
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French buffeter, from buffet; equivalent to buffet (“blow, strike”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
buffeten (third-person singular simple present buffeteth, present participle buffetende, buffetynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle buffeted)
- To stike with the hand; to buffet.
- (figurative, rare) To rebuke.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of buffeten (weak in -ed/suffixless)
infinitive | (to) buffeten, buffete | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | buffete | buffeted, buffete | |
2nd-person singular | buffetest | buffetedest, buffetest | |
3rd-person singular | buffeteth | buffeted, buffete | |
subjunctive singular | buffete | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | buffeten, buffete | buffeteden, buffetede, buffeten, buffete | |
imperative plural | buffeteth, buffete | — | |
participles | buffetynge, buffetende | buffeted, buffet, ybuffeted, ybuffet |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
- English: buffet
References edit
- “buffeten, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
buffeten m
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
buffeten m