"bote" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈboːt(ə)/ Forms: botes [plural], boten [plural]
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|nouns|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:
    Saving or extrication from distress or danger; something or someone which provides it.
    Categories (topical): Theology
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-enm:help Disambiguation of Theology: 16 18 4 7 4 4 7 4 4 11 4 4 4 4 4 4 2
  2. Help, advantage, benefit; that which is good, helpful, or relieving:
    Salvation (release or rescue from eternal punishment), or one who acts as salvation
    Categories (topical): Theology
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-enm:help1 Disambiguation of Theology: 16 18 4 7 4 4 7 4 4 11 4 4 4 4 4 4 2
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Help, advantage, benefit; that which is good, helpful, or relieving:
    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. Categories (topical): Clothing, People
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-0yX5sTs2 Disambiguation of Clothing: 4 4 1 10 1 1 1 37 14 1 7 10 0 0 0 5 5 Disambiguation of People: 4 14 2 9 1 1 0 32 12 1 6 8 0 3 0 4 4
  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 Categories (topical): Theology
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-DQNVGkTB Disambiguation of Theology: 16 18 4 7 4 4 7 4 4 11 4 4 4 4 4 4 2
  11. (rare) An extra, augment, or addition; something to boot. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-aQPwHRvX Disambiguation of Christianity: 9 9 9 9 9 9 2 7 3 11 15 1 4 2 1 1 1 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 8 10 8 8 1 8 4 9 19 1 4 2 1 0 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 8 8 10 8 8 1 8 4 8 20 2 4 2 2 1 1
  12. (rare) A medicinal or pharmaceutical cure or remedy; something used to quell disease. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-UiUDyPyW Disambiguation of Medicine: 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 8 0 44 0 6 0 0 4
  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
Synonyms: boot, bot, boote Related terms: boteles, boten, botnen
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈboːt(ə)/ Forms: botes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from 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: {{der|enm|fro|bote}} Old French bote, {{cog|fr|botte}} French botte, {{der|enm|fro|bot|bot, bote}} Old French bot, bote, {{m|fro|bot|t=club-foot}} bot (“club-foot”), {{m|fro|bot||fat, short, blunt}} bot (“fat, short, blunt”), {{der|enm|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|enm|frk|*butt}} Frankish *butt, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*buttaz}} Proto-Germanic *buttaz, {{m|gem-pro|*butaz||cut off, short, numb, blunt}} *butaz (“cut off, short, numb, blunt”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|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. Categories (topical): Footwear
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-enm:boot Disambiguation of Footwear: 3 2 0 7 0 0 1 26 10 0 4 7 0 33 0 3 3
  2. (rare) A cover for the leg. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-d0-wgXDa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boot, bot, boote, but [Northern-Middle-English], buyt, bute Derived forms: boten
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Etymology: From Old English bāt. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|bāt}} Old English bāt Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} bote
  1. Alternative form of bot (“boat”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bot (extra: boat)
    Sense id: en-bote-enm-noun-HbGEsgIg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

Etymology: From Old English bōtian. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|bōtian}} Old English bōtian Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} 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-NEAN2FIC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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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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        {
          "text": "Þey shulde..do bote to brugges þat to-broke were. — Pier's Plowman, 1400"
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        "(rare) Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings."
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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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        {
          "text": "Þey shulde..do bote to brugges þat to-broke were. — Pier's Plowman, 1400"
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        "3": "bāt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English bāt",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English bāt.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "bote",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "extra": "boat",
          "word": "bot"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of bot (“boat”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bot",
          "bot#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bote"
}

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    "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "enm:Christianity",
    "enm:Clothing",
    "enm:Footwear",
    "enm:Medicine",
    "enm:People",
    "enm:Theology"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "3": "bōtian"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English bōtian.",
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        "2": "verb"
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to resolve",
          "word": "boten"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of boten (“to resolve”)"
      ],
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        [
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          "boten#Middle_English:_to_resolve"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}
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  "msg": "''Help, advantage, benefit; that'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
  "path": [
    "bote"
  ],
  "section": "Middle English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bote",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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