eldertongue

Old English · noun

botl

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/botl/
Syllables
botl (1 syllable)
Modern English
buildingbottle

Meaning

  1. building

  2. house, dwelling

    ðā Drihten ārǣrde miċelne wind, and sē ġelǣhte ealne þone līġ, and ābǣr hine tō ðǣs cyninges botle, swā þæt him ne belǣfde nān þing unforburnen, and hē sylf earfoðlīċe þām fȳre ætbærst.

    The Lord rose up a great wind, and it caught all the flame, and bore it to the king's dwelling, so that nothing unburnt to him remained, and he himself escaped from the fire with difficulty.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension

Declension of botl
SingularPlural
Nominative botlbotl
Accusative botlbotl
Genitive botlesbotla
Dative botlebotlum

All forms (5)

Etymology

Probably representing an earlier *boþl, from Proto-West Germanic *bōþl, from Proto-Germanic *bōþlą, from an instrumental form of *būaną (“to dwell”). Compare Old Norse ból. More at suffix -eld.

Descendants

bold, bottle

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