"beot" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: beots [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English beot (“boast, threat, boastful speech; boastfulness”), from Old English bēot; see below. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|beot||boast, threat, boastful speech; boastfulness}} Middle English beot (“boast, threat, boastful speech; boastfulness”), {{inh|en|ang|bēot}} Old English bēot Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} beot (countable and uncountable, plural beots)
  1. (countable) A boast or threat; boastful speech. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-beot-en-noun-Y9eA2z3X
  2. (uncountable) Boastfulness. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-beot-en-noun-IxLGa0pj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 13 50 29 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 74 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 84 6 5

Noun [Old English]

IPA: /be͜oːt/
Rhymes: -e͜oːt Etymology: From earlier bihāt, second element cognate with Old Norse heit with very similar semantics. Etymology templates: {{cog|non|heit}} Old Norse heit Head templates: {{ang-noun|n|bēot|head=bēot}} bēot n (nominative plural bēot) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|bēot}}, {{ang-decl-noun|bēot|bēot|bēot|bēot|bēotes|bēota|bēote|bēotum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: bēot [canonical, neuter], bēot [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bēot [nominative, singular], bēot [nominative, plural], bēot [accusative, singular], bēot [accusative, plural], bēotes [genitive, singular], bēota [genitive, plural], bēote [dative, singular], bēotum [dative, plural]
  1. promise, vow, boast
    Sense id: en-beot-ang-noun-S0YsQZXY
  2. threat, danger
    Sense id: en-beot-ang-noun-0-qO2Nu5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bēotian (english: to threaten, boast, vow, promise), bēotlic (english: arrogant, exulting, boastful, threatening), bēotlīce (english: arrogantly, exultingly, boastfully, threateningly), bēotmæċġ (english: leader), bēotung (english: threatening), bēotword (english: boast: threat)

Inflected forms

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      "beot",
      "beot#Middle_English"
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        "(uncountable) Boastfulness."
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}

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      "word": "bēotian"
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    {
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      "english": "arrogant, exulting, boastful, threatening",
      "translation": "arrogant, exulting, boastful, threatening",
      "word": "bēotlic"
    },
    {
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      "english": "arrogantly, exultingly, boastfully, threateningly",
      "translation": "arrogantly, exultingly, boastfully, threateningly",
      "word": "bēotlīce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "leader",
      "translation": "leader",
      "word": "bēotmæċġ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "threatening",
      "translation": "threatening",
      "word": "bēotung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "boast: threat",
      "translation": "boast: threat",
      "word": "bēotword"
    }
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      "bihāt",
      "bihat#Old_English"
    ],
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      "heit",
      "heit#Old_Norse"
    ]
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "bēot",
      "links": [
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          "bēot",
          "beot#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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          "bēot",
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        "nominative",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "links": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "bēotes",
      "links": [
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          "bēotes",
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        ]
      ],
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bēota",
      "links": [
        [
          "bēota",
          "beota#Old_English"
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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          "beote#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bēotum",
      "links": [
        [
          "bēotum",
          "beotum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "bēot"
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      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "7": "bēote",
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        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              32,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              29,
              38
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Man must pause when he tells a promise\nuntil bold spirit would know clearly\nwhere thought of hearts would turn.",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "Beorn sċeal ġebīdan, · þonne hē bēot spriceð,\noþþæt collenferð · cunne ġearwe\nhwider hreþra ġehyġd · hweorfan wille.",
          "translation": "Man must pause when he tells a promise\nuntil bold spirit would know clearly\nwhere thought of hearts would turn.",
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        }
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        "promise, vow, boast"
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          "danger"
        ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/be͜oːt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e͜oːt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beot"
}
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    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English uncountable nouns",
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    "Old English neuter nouns",
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    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Pages with entries",
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      "beot",
      "beot#Middle_English"
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        "plural"
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        "A boast or threat; boastful speech."
      ],
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        "(countable) A boast or threat; boastful speech."
      ],
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        "Boastfulness."
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        "(uncountable) Boastfulness."
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}

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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old English neuter nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Old English/e͜oːt",
    "Rhymes:Old English/e͜oːt/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
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      "english": "to threaten, boast, vow, promise",
      "translation": "to threaten, boast, vow, promise",
      "word": "bēotian"
    },
    {
      "english": "arrogant, exulting, boastful, threatening",
      "translation": "arrogant, exulting, boastful, threatening",
      "word": "bēotlic"
    },
    {
      "english": "arrogantly, exultingly, boastfully, threateningly",
      "translation": "arrogantly, exultingly, boastfully, threateningly",
      "word": "bēotlīce"
    },
    {
      "english": "leader",
      "translation": "leader",
      "word": "bēotmæċġ"
    },
    {
      "english": "threatening",
      "translation": "threatening",
      "word": "bēotung"
    },
    {
      "english": "boast: threat",
      "translation": "boast: threat",
      "word": "bēotword"
    }
  ],
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      "bihāt",
      "bihat#Old_English"
    ],
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      "heit",
      "heit#Old_Norse"
    ]
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    {
      "form": "bēot",
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          "bēot",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        "singular"
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      "form": "bēota",
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      ],
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bēote",
      "links": [
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          "bēote",
          "beote#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēotum",
      "links": [
        [
          "bēotum",
          "beotum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "bēot",
        "head": "bēot"
      },
      "expansion": "bēot n (nominative plural bēot)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bēot"
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      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bēot",
        "2": "bēot",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              32,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              29,
              38
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Man must pause when he tells a promise\nuntil bold spirit would know clearly\nwhere thought of hearts would turn.",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "Beorn sċeal ġebīdan, · þonne hē bēot spriceð,\noþþæt collenferð · cunne ġearwe\nhwider hreþra ġehyġd · hweorfan wille.",
          "translation": "Man must pause when he tells a promise\nuntil bold spirit would know clearly\nwhere thought of hearts would turn.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "promise, vow, boast"
      ],
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        [
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          "promise"
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          "vow",
          "vow"
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        [
          "boast",
          "boast"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "threat, danger"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "threat",
          "threat"
        ],
        [
          "danger",
          "danger"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/be͜oːt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e͜oːt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beot"
}

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