daften

verb

daften

verb

Etymology From daft + -en.

1

Scotland, Ambitransitive, Rare To make or become daft.

He daffened it, afooar he killed it.1899, Nicholson, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
Ye came here to daften my lass Peggy again, so ye thought.1909, Halliwell Sutcliffe, Priscilla of the Good Intent, page 57:

1 more example

Oh, daftened wi' the moonshine they call love. I caught it myself when I was a lad, but, thanks be, a man grows out of it, and gets about again, attending to his crops.1913, The Windsor Magazine, volume 37, page 97:

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