beot
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English beot (“boast, threat, boastful speech; boastfulness”), Old English bēot, see below.
Noun [edit]
beot (plural beots)
- A boast, threat, boastful speech
- The Thyle is thus charged with challenging any beots that he feels may not be kept by the individual making them or gainsaying a claim he believes to be false or inaccurate. — Theod Sumbel, 2008
- boastfulness
Old English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /beːot/
Noun [edit]
bēot n (nominative plural bēot)
