Middle English Dictionary Entry
baffen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | baffen v. |
| Etymology | Imitative, as in AL & LG. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To bark or bay.
Associated quotations
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)66 : A spaynel, ȝif he se geet, kyen or hors..he wil..bygynne to baffe at hem.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)515 : Wappyn or baffyn, as howndys: Nicto.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)54 : Baffyn of hondis: Baulo, Baffo, latro.