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beft, v. Obs. north. dial.
Found only in pa. tense and pa. pple.
[It is uncertain whether the present tense would be beff, of same origin as baff n.1, or beft:—Old Northumb. *beafta or *beaftia (for *behaftian, f. be- + OE. haftian to clap, strike with the flat of the hand). The late n. beff may be merely for baff, or a wrong formation on beft.]
1. intr. To strike, give blows. rare.
[c950Lindisf. Matt. xi. 17 We mið hondum beafton.] c1505Dunbar Daunce 40 Sum vpoun vdir with brandis beft.
2. trans. To beat, buffet, slap.
a1300Cursor M. 2264 Als þai had sare þar fra ben beft. Ibid. 15831 Wit bastons þai him beft ful grimli to þe grund. c1375? Barbour St. Johannes 421 He rafe his clathis & befte his face. c1505Dunbar Fenȝeit Friar x, [They] Beft him with buffets quhill he bled. 1513Douglas æneis ii. xi. 78 The wroth of the goddis has doun beft The cietie of Troye. |