daften

English

Alternative forms

• daffen, daffin (Northern England)

Etymology

From daft +‎ -en.

Verb

daften (third-person singular simple present daftens, present participle daftening, simple past and past participle daftened)

1. (transitive, intransitive, rare, chiefly Scotland) To make or become daft.
   • 1899, Nicholson, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     He daffened it, afooar he killed it.

   • 1909, Halliwell Sutcliffe, Priscilla of the Good Intent, page 57:

     Ye came here to daften my lass Peggy again, so ye thought.

   • 1913, The Windsor Magazine, volume 37, page 97:

     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.