Old English · noun
beot
Normalised bēot
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /be͜oːt/
- Syllables
- be͜oːt (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- promiseboastvowthreat
Meaning
-
promise, vow, boast
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.
Beorn sċeal ġebīdan, · þonne hē bēot spriceð, -
threat, danger
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From earlier bihāt, second element cognate with Old Norse heit with very similar semantics.
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