beotian

Meaning

1. to threaten

2. to promise, vow, boast

   Blīþe ġebǣro ful oft wit bēotedan þæt unc ne ġedǣlde nemne dēað āna ōwiht elles.

   With merry bearing well oft we swore that nothing else but the death only will tear us from each other.

   10th century, The Wife's Lament:

Conjugation