BÓT
- noun [ feminine ]
Grammar
Wright's OE grammar
§367;
help, assistance, remedy, cure; auxilium, remedium, emendatio, sanatio
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Hér ys seó bót, hú ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan
here is the remedy, how thou mayest improve thy fields,
- Lchdm. i. 398, 1 .
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Findest ðú ðǽr æt bóte and ælteowe hǽlo
thou shalt find therein a remedy and perfect healing,
- Herb. 1, 29 ;
- Lchdm. i. 80, 6 .
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Byþ hræd bót
the cure will be quick,
- Med. ex Quadr. 6, 15 ;
- Lchdm. i. 354, 11 .
a BOOT, compensation due to an injured person as damages for the
wrong sustained, redressing, recompense, an amends, a satisfaction, correction,
reparation, restoring, renewing, repentance, an offering; compensatio, emendatio,
reparatio, oblatio
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Gif feaxfang geweorþ, L scætta to bóte
if there be a taking hold of the hair, let there be 50 sceats for compensation,
- L. Ethb. 33 ;
- Th. i. 12, 3 .
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For bóte his synna
for a redressing of his sins,
- Bd. 4, 25 ;
- S. 599, 32 :
- 5, 13 ;
- S. 632, 13 .
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Bringaþ ánne buccan to bóte
bring a kid for an offering,
- Lev. 4, 23, 28 :
- L. Alf. pol. 2 ;
- Th. i. 62, 6 :
- Bd. 1, 27 ;
- S. 489, 9 .
To-bóte to-boot, with advantage, moreover, besides.
Etymology
Piers P. boote
: Laym. Orm. bote
: Plat. bote, f
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O. Sax. bóta, f
: O. Frs. bote, f
:
Dut. boete, f
: Ger. busze, f
: M. H. Ger. buoz, buoze
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O. H. Ger. bóza, f
: Goth. bota, f
:
Dan. bod, c
: Swed. bot, m
: Icel. bót, f
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Derived forms
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “BÓT.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4887.
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