bosten in Middle English

IPA: /ˈbɔːstən/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From bost (“boast, glory, noise, arrogance, presumption, pride, vanity”), probably of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (“inflated, swollen, puffed up, proud, arrogant, bad”). For more see boast. Etymology templates: {{der|enm|gmq}} North Germanic, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*bausuz||inflated, swollen, puffed up, proud, arrogant, bad}} Proto-Germanic *bausuz (“inflated, swollen, puffed up, proud, arrogant, bad”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} bosten Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|bost}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bosten [infinitive], to bosten [infinitive], boste [infinitive], boste [first-person, present, singular], bosted [first-person, past, singular], bostest [present, second-person, singular], bostedest [past, second-person, singular], bosteth [present, singular, third-person], bosted [past, singular, third-person], boste [present, singular, subjunctive], bosted [past, singular, subjunctive], boste [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], bosten [plural, present], boste [plural, present], bosteden [past, plural], bostede [past, plural], bosteth [imperative, plural, present], boste [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], bostynge [participle, present], bostende [participle, present], bosted [participle, past], ybosted [participle, past]

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      "ipa": "/ˈbɔːstən/"
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}

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"bosten" meaning in Middle English

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