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Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French buffeter, from buffet; equivalent to buffet (“blow, strike”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buˈfɛtən/, /ˈbufɛtən/
Verb
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
| infinitive
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(to) buffeten, buffete
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st-person singular
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buffete
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buffeted, buffete
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| 2nd-person singular
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buffetest
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buffetedest, buffetest
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| 3rd-person singular
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buffeteth
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buffeted, buffete
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| subjunctive singular
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buffete
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| imperative singular
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| plural1
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buffeten, buffete
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buffeteden, buffetede, buffeten, buffete
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| imperative plural
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buffeteth, buffete
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| participles
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buffetynge, buffetende
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buffeted, buffet, ybuffeted, ybuffet
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1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
buffeten m
- definite singular of buffet
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
buffeten m
- definite singular of buffet