bot

Meaning

1. help, assistance, rescue, remedy, cure, deliverance from evil

   Byþ hræd bót.

   The cure will be quick.

2. mending, repair, improvement

   ... and án swulung þǽre cirican to bóte

   and an offering to the church for repairs

3. compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance

   For bóte his synna

   for a redressing of his sins

4. improvement in (moral) condition, amendment

   Hé tó bóte gehwearf

   he was converted

Declension