beftv.

Forms: Found only in past tense and past participle

Etymology: It is uncertain whether the present tense would be beff , of same origin as baff n.¹, or beft < Old Northumbrian *beafta or *beaftia (for *behaftian , < be- prefix + Old English haftian to clap, strike with the flat of the hand). The late beff n. may be merely for baff, or a wrong formation on beft.

Obsolete northern dialect.

1. intransitive. To strike, give blows. rare.

ΚΠ

c950 Lindisf. Matt. xi. 17 We mið hondum beafton.]

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 150 Sum vpoun vder with brandis beft.

2. transitive. To beat, buffet, slap.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)]

swingc725

slayc825

knockc1000

platOE

swengea1225

swipa1225

kill?c1225

girdc1275

hitc1275

befta1300

anhitc1300

frapa1330

lushc1330

reddec1330

takec1330

popc1390

swapa1400

jod?14..

quella1425

suffetc1440

smith1451

nolpc1540

bedunch1567

percuss1575

noba1586

affrap1590

cuff?1611

doda1661

buffa1796

pug1802

nob1811

scud1814

bunt1825

belt1838

duntle1850

punt1886

plunk1888

potch1892

to stick one on1910

clunk1943

zonk1950

the world > movement > impact > striking > strike or deliver blows [verb (intransitive)]

slay971

smitelOE

flatc1330

flap1362

acoupc1380

frapa1400

girda1400

hit?a1400

knocka1400

swap?a1400

wapa1400

castc1400

strike1509

befta1522

to throw about one1590

cuff1596

to let down1640

dunch1805

yark1818

bunt1867

a1300 Cursor Mundi 2264 Als þai had sare þar fra ben beft.

c1375 ? J. Barbour St. Johannes 421 He rafe his clathis & befte his face.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 20974 Anis was he I-beft a tuise.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15831 Wit bastons þai him beft Ful grimli to þe grund.

a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 58 [They] Beft him with buffettis quhill he bled.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. x. 78 The wroth of the goddis has down beft The ciety of Troy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	beft
释义	beftv. Forms: Found only in past tense and past participle Etymology: It is uncertain whether the present tense would be beff , of same origin as baff n.¹, or beft < Old Northumbrian beafta or beaftia (for behaftian , < be- prefix + Old English haftian* to clap, strike with the flat of the hand). The late beff n. may be merely for baff, or a wrong formation on beft. Obsolete northern dialect. 1. intransitive. To strike, give blows. rare. ΚΠ c950 Lindisf. Matt. xi. 17 We mið hondum beafton.] a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 150 Sum vpoun vder with brandis beft. 2. transitive. To beat, buffet, slap. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] swingc725 slayc825 knockc1000 platOE swengea1225 swipa1225 kill?c1225 girdc1275 hitc1275 befta1300 anhitc1300 frapa1330 lushc1330 reddec1330 takec1330 popc1390 swapa1400 jod?14.. quella1425 suffetc1440 smith1451 nolpc1540 bedunch1567 percuss1575 noba1586 affrap1590 cuff?1611 doda1661 buffa1796 pug1802 nob1811 scud1814 bunt1825 belt1838 duntle1850 punt1886 plunk1888 potch1892 to stick one on1910 clunk1943 zonk1950 the world > movement > impact > striking > strike or deliver blows [verb (intransitive)] slay971 smitelOE flatc1330 flap1362 acoupc1380 frapa1400 girda1400 hit?a1400 knocka1400 swap?a1400 wapa1400 castc1400 strike1509 befta1522 to throw about one1590 cuff1596 to let down1640 dunch1805 yark1818 bunt1867 a1300 Cursor Mundi 2264 Als þai had sare þar fra ben beft. c1375 ? J. Barbour St. Johannes 421 He rafe his clathis & befte his face. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 20974 Anis was he I-beft a tuise. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15831 Wit bastons þai him beft Ful grimli to þe grund. a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 58 [They] Beft him with buffettis quhill he bled. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. x. 78 The wroth of the goddis has down beft The ciety of Troy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.a1300
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