Etymology

beflay

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Today it means: To flay; strip; peel. Full definition →

Middle English biflean ← Old English beflēan
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  1. Old English · inherited frombeflēan“to peel, skin, flay”
  2. Middle English · inherited frombiflean
  3. English todaybeflay

From Middle English biflean, from Old English beflēan (“to peel, skin, flay”), equivalent to be- + flay.

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