Middle English Dictionary Entry
abobben v.
Entry Info
| Forms | abobben v. |
| Etymology | OF abaubir bewilder, puzzle. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To play abobbed with (sb.); (b) fig. to bewilder or mystify (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- a1450(a1400) Medit.Pass.(2) (Add 11307)1402 : Scornyng þey made of hym hure game..Leyȝhenge and hidynge of his syȝt, And al a-bobbynge of þe kyng of myȝt.
- a1450(a1400) Medit.Pass.(2) (Add 11307)1512 : Þey hidon his face And a-bobbedon þe kyng of grace.
b
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1959 : Þe messangers were abobbed þo, Þai nisten, what þai miȝten do.