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† wlaffe, v. Obs.
[OE. wlaffian, of imitative origin. Cf. ME. blaffere, blaffoorde ‘traulus’ (Promp. Parv. 37).]
intr. To stammer; to speak indistinctly. Hence † ˈwlaffer, † ˈwlaffing vbl. n. and ppl. a. Also † ˈwlaffering vbl. n. (? erron.).
1025–50Rule Chrodegang lx. (1916) 74 Of þam deafiað þa earan & wleaffað seo tunge. a1300in Horstmann Altengl. Leg. (1875) 119 An old mon he fond, Bleryid & wlaffing. c1325Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 173 A checun mot l'un balbeye, gloss wlaffes. 1340Ayenb. 262 And þeruore ich ne ssolde by bote a wlaffere ne zigge þing to þe uolle. c1340Nominale (Skeat) 84 Man drauelith and wlaffyth. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 159 By comyxtioun..wiþ Danes and..Normans, in meny þe contray longage is apayred, and som vseþ straunge wlafferynge [Caxton wlaffyng]. |