bacbîtya
Cornish
Etymology
From Middle English bak-biten, bacbiten, equivalent to back- + bite. Cognate with Icelandic bakbíta (“to backbite, vilify”).
Verb
bacbîtya
- to backbite
- c. 1560, Homelyes XIII in Cornysche
- cowsow da an rena neb ara agys defamia hagys bacbytya ha cowse drog a hanowgh why
- speak well of those who will defame you and backbite you and speak ill of you
- c. 1560, Homelyes XIII in Cornysche
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