"bote" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈboːt(ə)/ Forms: botes [plural], boten [plural], boot [alternative], bot [alternative], boote [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English bōt, from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|bōt}} Old English bōt, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*bōtu}} Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*bōtō}} Proto-Germanic *bōtō Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} bote, {{enm-noun|botes|pl2=boten}} bote (plural botes or boten)
  1. Help, advantage, benefit; that which is good, helpful, or relieving:
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-enm:help
  2. Help, advantage, benefit; that which is good, helpful, or relieving:
    Saving or extrication from distress or danger; something or someone which provides it.
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-enm:help1 Categories (other): Theology Disambiguation of Theology: 5 24 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2
  3. Help, advantage, benefit; that which is good, helpful, or relieving:
    Salvation (release or rescue from eternal punishment), or one who acts as salvation
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-enm:help1 Categories (other): Christianity, People Disambiguation of Christianity: 5 8 10 5 5 5 6 5 5 8 6 5 5 5 6 5 3 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 63 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0
  4. Help, advantage, benefit; that which is good, helpful, or relieving:
    An avenue of escape; a method through which one can release themselves from danger.
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-enm:help1
  5. Help, advantage, benefit; that which is good, helpful, or relieving:
    Utility, usefulness; that which is useful, expedient, or suitable.
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-enm:help1
  6. Help, advantage, benefit; that which is good, helpful, or relieving:
    A reprieve or the offering of forgiveness from punishment or danger.
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-enm:help1
  7. Activity done as redress or recompense for (one's or another's) sins; expiation.
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-31M1Ox8-
  8. Mirth, gladness; the feeling or emotion of being happy and joyful.
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-0yX5sTs2
  9. The quelling, curing, or expurgation of disease or sickness; medical recovery.
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-rp0Bmxol
  10. (rare) Recompense, amends or compensation; behaviour in return for one's wrongs. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-DQNVGkTB
  11. (rare) An extra, augment, or addition; something to boot. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-aQPwHRvX Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 7 7 19 5 6 4 4 2 5
  12. (rare) A medicinal or pharmaceutical cure or remedy; something used to quell disease. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-UiUDyPyW Categories (other): Medicine Disambiguation of Medicine: 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 39 0 9 0 0 10
  13. (rare) Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-~~wYbxZF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: boteles, boten, botnen
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈboːt(ə)/ Forms: botes [plural], but [alternative], buyt [alternative], bute [alternative], boot [alternative], bot [alternative], boote [alternative]
Etymology: Old French bote (Modern French botte), from Old French bot, bote, probably related to bot (“club-foot”), bot (“fat, short, blunt”); ultimately of Germanic origin, from Frankish *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz, *butaz (“cut off, short, numb, blunt”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:bor|fro:bote<id:boot>|id=shoe}}, {{bor|enm|fro|bote}} Old French bote, {{cog|fr|botte}} French botte, {{der|enm|fro|bot|bot, bote}} Old French bot, bote, {{der|enm|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|enm|frk|*butt}} Frankish *butt, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*buttaz}} Proto-Germanic *buttaz Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} bote, {{enm-noun|botes}} bote (plural botes)
  1. A boot or similar item of footwear; a shoe with a cover for part of the leg.
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-enm:boot Categories (other): Clothing, Footwear Disambiguation of Clothing: 5 5 8 5 5 5 5 4 6 8 5 7 5 11 7 2 7 Disambiguation of Footwear: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
  2. (rare) A cover for the leg. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-d0-wgXDa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: boten
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} bote
  1. alternative form of bot (“boat”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bot (extra: boat)
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-X-zA3U-s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|altform=1}} bote
  1. alternative form of boten (“to resolve”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: boten (extra: to resolve)
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-verb-axTEBb1v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(rare) Recompense, amends or compensation; behaviour in return for one's wrongs."
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          "text": "Þey shulde..do bote to brugges þat to-broke were. — Pier's Plowman, 1400"
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          "text": "Iesu […] For synne þat hath my soule bounde, Let þi blessed blood be my bote. — Iesu þat art hevene"
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