"boteles" meaning in Middle English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈboːtlɛ̝ːs/ Forms: botles [alternative], botelees [alternative], booteles [alternative], botelesse [alternative], bootles [alternative], butelesse [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English bōtlēas; equivalent to bote (“help”) + -les. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|bōtlēas}} Old English bōtlēas, {{af|enm|bote|-les|id1=help|t1=help}} bote (“help”) + -les Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} boteles, {{enm-adj}} boteles
  1. Unforgivable, unfixable, permanent, grave.
    Sense id: en-boteles-enm-adj-M5rvbPCJ
  2. (Late Middle English) Bootless, useless, pointless; without purpose. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-boteles-enm-adj-6SWm8jUZ Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -les, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Ethics Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -les: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Ethics: 0 100

Alternative forms

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