"beflay" meaning in All languages combined

See beflay on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: beflays [present, singular, third-person], beflaying [participle, present], beflayed [past], beflayed [participle, past], beflain [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English biflean, from Old English beflēan (“to peel, skin, flay”), equivalent to be- + flay. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|biflean}} Middle English biflean, {{inh|en|ang|beflēan||to peel, skin, flay}} Old English beflēan (“to peel, skin, flay”), {{prefix|en|be|flay}} be- + flay Head templates: {{en-verb|past_ptc2=beflain}} beflay (third-person singular simple present beflays, present participle beflaying, simple past beflayed, past participle beflayed or beflain)
  1. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To flay; strip; peel. Tags: dialectal, obsolete, transitive

Inflected forms

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