beot
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English beot (“boast, threat, boastful speech; boastfulness”), from Old English bēot; see below.
Noun
[edit]beot (countable and uncountable, plural beots)
- (countable) A boast or threat; boastful speech.
- (uncountable) Boastfulness.
Anagrams
[edit]Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier bihāt, second element cognate with Old Norse heit with very similar semantics.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bēot n (nominative plural bēot)
- promise, vow, boast
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- Beorn sċeal ġebīdan, · þonne hē bēot spriceð,
oþþæt collenferð · cunne ġearwe
hwider hreþra ġehyġd · hweorfan wille.- Man must pause when he tells a promise
until bold spirit would know clearly
where thought of hearts would turn.
- Man must pause when he tells a promise
- threat, danger
Declension
[edit]Declension of beot (strong a-stem)
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