bufan

Galician

Verb

bufan

1. third-person plural present indicative of bufar

Old English

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *biobanā; equivalent to be +‎ ufan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fɑn/, [ˈbu.vɑn]
• Rhymes: -u.fɑn

Preposition

bufan [with dative (position) or accusative (motion)]

1. above
   • c. 900 CE, Alfred the Great [attributed], edited and translated by the Rev. Joseph Bosworth, D.D. F.R.S. F.S.A, King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of the Compendious History of the World by Orosius, London: Longman, Green, Brown and Longmans, published 1859, page 52:

     ...and būfan þām māran wealle, ofer eallne þone ymbgong, hē is mid stǣnenum wīġhūsum beworht.

     ...and above the greater wall, over the whole circumference, it is built with stone towers.

   • c. 989–992 CE, Ælfric of Eynsham, “The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle” (XXXVIII), in Benjamin Thorpe, F.S.A., ed. and transl., The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, volume I, London: Richard and John E. Taylor, published 1844, page 582:

     We rædað on Cristes acennednysse þæt heofonlice englas wæron gesewene būfan ðam acennedan cilde, and hí ðisne lófsang mid micclum dreame gesungon, "Gloria in excelsis Deo, and in terra pax hominibus bone uoluntatis:" þæt is on urum gereorde, "Sy wuldor Gode on heannyssum, and on eorðan sibb ðam mannum ðe synd gódes willan."

     We read that at Christ's birth heavenly angels were seen above the born child, and that they with great delight sung this hymn, "Gloria in excelsis Deo, and in terra pax hominibus bonæ voluntatis:" that is in our tongue, "Be glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to those men who are of good will."

Derived terms

• ābufan

Descendants

• Middle English: boven, bove

Spanish

Verb

bufan

1. third-person plural present indicative of bufar