bacbîtya

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English bak-biten, bacbiten, equivalent to back- +‎ bite. Cognate with Icelandic bakbíta (“to backbite, vilify”).

Verb

bacbîtya

  1. to backbite
    • c. 1560, Homelyes XIII in Cornysche:
      cowsow da an rena neb ara agys defamia hagys bacbytya ha cowse drog a hanowgh why
      speak well of those who will defame you and backbite you and speak ill of you
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