Middle English Dictionary Entry
suffeten v.
Entry Info
Forms | suffeten v. |
Etymology | Perh. from OF soufflet, AF suflet a blow, smack (var. of OF soflet), with loss of -le- influenced by ME buffeten v.; cp. F (16th cent.) souffleter to strike & Scot. sowff to strike, thump. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To slap, smack.
Associated quotations
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)41 : Buffetyn or suffetyn: Alapizo, alapo.