buffeten

Middle English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. To stike with the hand; to buffet.
  2. (figurative, rare) To rebuke.

Conjugation

Conjugation of buffeten (weak in -ed/suffixless)
infinitive (to) buffeten, buffete
present tense past tense
1st-person singular buffete buffeted, buffete
2nd-person singular buffetest buffetedest, buffetest
3rd-person singular buffeteth buffeted, buffete
subjunctive singular buffete
imperative singular —
plural1 buffeten, buffete buffeteden, buffetede, buffeten, buffete
imperative plural buffeteth, buffete —
participles buffetynge, buffetende buffeted, buffet, ybuffeted, ybuffet

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: buffet

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

buffeten m

  1. definite singular of buffet

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

buffeten m

  1. definite singular of buffet
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