出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/01/29 19:33 UTC 版)
From 中期英語 befilen, from 古期英語 befȳlan (“to befoul, defile, make dirty”), from Proto-West Germanic *bifūlijan (“to make foul”), equivalent to be- + file. Cognate with Scots befile (“to befile”), West Frisian befûlje (“to dirty”), Dutch bevuilen (“to soil, dirty”), German Low German befulen (“to soil, pollute”). See also defile.
befile (third-person singular simple present befiles, present participle befiling, simple past and past participle befiled)