bufan

1. third-person plural present indicative of bufar

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.fɑn/, [ˈbu.vɑn]

būfan

1. above (Object takes dative)
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     ...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. 992, Ælfric, "The Third Sunday after the Lord's Epiphany"

     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."

• ābufan

• Middle English: boven, bove

bufan

1. third-person plural present indicative of bufar