"bot" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /boːt/
Rhymes: -oːt Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *bōtu (“recompense”). Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian bōte, Old Saxon bōta, Dutch boete, Old High German buoza (German Buße), Old Norse bōt (Swedish bot), Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 (bōta). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*bōtu||recompense}} Proto-West Germanic *bōtu (“recompense”), {{col-top|2|cog}} Cognates, {{cog|ofs|bote|bōte}} Old Frisian bōte, {{cog|osx|bota|bōta}} Old Saxon bōta, {{cog|nl|boete}} Dutch boete, {{cog|goh|buoza}} Old High German buoza, {{cog|de|Buße}} German Buße, {{cog|non|bot|bōt}} Old Norse bōt, {{cog|sv|bot}} Swedish bot, {{cog|got|𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰}} Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 (bōta) Head templates: {{ang-noun|f|bōte|head=bōt}} bōt f (nominative plural bōte) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|bōt}}, {{ang-decl-noun|bōt|bōta,bōte|bōte|bōta,bōte|bōte|bōta|bōte|bōtum|num=|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: bōt [canonical, feminine], bōte [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bōt [nominative, singular], bōta [nominative, plural], bōte [nominative, plural], bōte [accusative, singular], bōta [accusative, plural], bōte [accusative, plural], bōte [genitive, singular], bōta [genitive, plural], bōte [dative, singular], bōtum [dative, plural]
  1. help, assistance, rescue, remedy, cure, deliverance from evil
    Sense id: en-bot-ang-noun-VQ6E~vU9 Categories (other): Old Frisian links with redundant target parameters, Old Saxon links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Old Frisian links with redundant target parameters: 28 30 23 19 Disambiguation of Old Saxon links with redundant target parameters: 28 31 24 17
  2. mending, repair, improvement
    Sense id: en-bot-ang-noun-9PZIi65Z Categories (other): Old English links with redundant target parameters, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old Frisian links with redundant target parameters, Old Saxon links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 3 3 13 3 15 45 7 11 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 25 52 11 12 Disambiguation of Old Frisian links with redundant target parameters: 28 30 23 19 Disambiguation of Old Saxon links with redundant target parameters: 28 31 24 17
  3. compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance
    Sense id: en-bot-ang-noun-M-ARSF62 Categories (other): Old Frisian links with redundant target parameters, Old Saxon links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Old Frisian links with redundant target parameters: 28 30 23 19 Disambiguation of Old Saxon links with redundant target parameters: 28 31 24 17
  4. improvement in (moral) condition, amendment
    Sense id: en-bot-ang-noun-rAozibH8 Categories (other): Old Frisian links with redundant target parameters, Old Saxon links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Old Frisian links with redundant target parameters: 28 30 23 19 Disambiguation of Old Saxon links with redundant target parameters: 28 31 24 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bōtan, bētan (english: to amend, repair, restore, cure, atone), bōtettan (english: to improve, repair, to better), bōtlēas (english: unpardonable, not to be atoned for by bōt), bōtwyrþe (english: pardonable, that can be atoned for by bōt), bryċġbōt (english: repairing of bridges), burgbōt, burhbōt (english: liability for repair of the walls of a town or fortress), ċiriċbōt (english: repair of churches), cynebōt (english: king's compensation), dǣdbōt (english: amends, atonement, repentance, penitence), dǣdbōtlihting (english: mitigation of penance), dǣdbōtnes, dǣdbētnes (english: penitence), dolgbōt, dolhbōt (english: fine or compensation for wounding), eftbōt (english: restoration to health), fǣhþbōt (english: payment, fine for engaging in a feud), feohbōt (english: money compensation), godbōt (english: atonement), hādbōt (english: compensation for injury or insult to a priest), mǣgbōt (english: compensation paid to the relatives of a murdered man, maegbot), mægþbōt (english: fine for assault on an unmarried woman), mannbōt (english: fine paid to the lord of a man slain), mōnaþbōt (english: penance lasting a month), sārbōt (english: compensation for wounding), synbōt (english: penance), tō bōte (english: to boot, with advantage, besides, moreover), twibōte, twibēte (english: subject to double compensation) [adjective, adverb], wēofodbōt (english: fine for injuring a priest), wucubōt (english: penance lasting a week)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bōtan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to amend, repair, restore, cure, atone",
      "translation": "to amend, repair, restore, cure, atone",
      "word": "bētan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to improve, repair, to better",
      "translation": "to improve, repair, to better",
      "word": "bōtettan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "unpardonable, not to be atoned for by bōt",
      "translation": "unpardonable, not to be atoned for by bōt",
      "word": "bōtlēas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "pardonable, that can be atoned for by bōt",
      "translation": "pardonable, that can be atoned for by bōt",
      "word": "bōtwyrþe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "repairing of bridges",
      "translation": "repairing of bridges",
      "word": "bryċġbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "burgbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "liability for repair of the walls of a town or fortress",
      "translation": "liability for repair of the walls of a town or fortress",
      "word": "burhbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "repair of churches",
      "translation": "repair of churches",
      "word": "ċiriċbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "king's compensation",
      "translation": "king's compensation",
      "word": "cynebōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "amends, atonement, repentance, penitence",
      "translation": "amends, atonement, repentance, penitence",
      "word": "dǣdbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mitigation of penance",
      "translation": "mitigation of penance",
      "word": "dǣdbōtlihting"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dǣdbōtnes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "penitence",
      "translation": "penitence",
      "word": "dǣdbētnes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dolgbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "fine or compensation for wounding",
      "translation": "fine or compensation for wounding",
      "word": "dolhbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "restoration to health",
      "translation": "restoration to health",
      "word": "eftbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "payment, fine for engaging in a feud",
      "translation": "payment, fine for engaging in a feud",
      "word": "fǣhþbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "money compensation",
      "translation": "money compensation",
      "word": "feohbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "atonement",
      "translation": "atonement",
      "word": "godbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "compensation for injury or insult to a priest",
      "translation": "compensation for injury or insult to a priest",
      "word": "hādbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "compensation paid to the relatives of a murdered man, maegbot",
      "translation": "compensation paid to the relatives of a murdered man, maegbot",
      "word": "mǣgbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "fine for assault on an unmarried woman",
      "translation": "fine for assault on an unmarried woman",
      "word": "mægþbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "fine paid to the lord of a man slain",
      "translation": "fine paid to the lord of a man slain",
      "word": "mannbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "penance lasting a month",
      "translation": "penance lasting a month",
      "word": "mōnaþbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "compensation for wounding",
      "translation": "compensation for wounding",
      "word": "sārbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "penance",
      "translation": "penance",
      "word": "synbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to boot, with advantage, besides, moreover",
      "translation": "to boot, with advantage, besides, moreover",
      "word": "tō bōte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "twibōte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "subject to double compensation",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "adverb"
      ],
      "translation": "subject to double compensation",
      "word": "twibēte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "fine for injuring a priest",
      "translation": "fine for injuring a priest",
      "word": "wēofodbōt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "penance lasting a week",
      "translation": "penance lasting a week",
      "word": "wucubōt"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "boot"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "bote"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "bute"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "buit"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "bote"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "*bōtu",
        "4": "",
        "5": "recompense"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "2",
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      },
      "expansion": "Cognates",
      "name": "col-top"
    },
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        "3": "bōte"
      },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "bota",
        "3": "bōta"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "boete"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch boete",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "buoza"
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      "expansion": "Old High German buoza",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Buße"
      },
      "expansion": "German Buße",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "non",
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        "3": "bōt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse bōt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "bot"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish bot",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 (bōta)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *bōtu (“recompense”).\nCognates\nCognate with Old Frisian bōte, Old Saxon bōta, Dutch boete, Old High German buoza (German Buße), Old Norse bōt (Swedish bot), Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 (bōta).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bōt",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōte",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōte",
          "bote"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōt",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōt",
          "bot#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōta",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōta",
          "bota#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōte",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōte",
          "bote#Old_English"
        ]
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōte",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōte",
          "bote#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōta",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōta",
          "bota#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōte",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōte",
          "bote#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōte",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōte",
          "bote#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōta",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōta",
          "bota#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōte",
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          "bote#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōtum",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōtum",
          "botum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "f",
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        "head": "bōt"
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      "expansion": "bōt f (nominative plural bōte)",
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bōt"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bōt",
        "2": "bōta,bōte",
        "3": "bōte",
        "4": "bōta,bōte",
        "5": "bōte",
        "6": "bōta",
        "7": "bōte",
        "8": "bōtum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong ō-stem"
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "28 31 24 17",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The cure will be quick.",
          "text": "Byþ hræd bót.",
          "translation": "The cure will be quick.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "help, assistance, rescue, remedy, cure, deliverance from evil"
      ],
      "id": "en-bot-ang-noun-VQ6E~vU9",
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          "help",
          "help"
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          "assistance",
          "assistance"
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          "rescue",
          "rescue"
        ],
        [
          "remedy",
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          "cure",
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          "_dis": "3 3 13 3 15 45 7 11",
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          "_dis": "25 52 11 12",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "and an offering to the church for repairs",
          "text": "... and án swulung þǽre cirican to bóte",
          "translation": "and an offering to the church for repairs",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mending, repair, improvement"
      ],
      "id": "en-bot-ang-noun-9PZIi65Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "mending",
          "mending"
        ],
        [
          "repair",
          "repair"
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          "improvement",
          "improvement"
        ]
      ]
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          "_dis": "28 30 23 19",
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          "_dis": "28 31 24 17",
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          "name": "Old Saxon links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "for a redressing of his sins",
          "text": "For bóte his synna",
          "translation": "for a redressing of his sins",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance"
      ],
      "id": "en-bot-ang-noun-M-ARSF62",
      "links": [
        [
          "compensation",
          "compensation"
        ],
        [
          "recompense",
          "recompense"
        ],
        [
          "amends",
          "amends"
        ],
        [
          "atonement",
          "atonement"
        ],
        [
          "reformation",
          "reformation"
        ],
        [
          "penance",
          "penance"
        ],
        [
          "repentance",
          "repentance"
        ]
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          "_dis": "28 30 23 19",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 31 24 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Saxon links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "he was converted",
          "text": "Hé tó bóte gehwearf",
          "translation": "he was converted",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "improvement in (moral) condition, amendment"
      ],
      "id": "en-bot-ang-noun-rAozibH8"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/boːt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oːt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bot"
}
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    "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
    "West Frisian lemmas",
    "West Frisian nouns",
    "West Frisian terms with unknown etymologies",
    "fy:Flatfish"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bōtan"
    },
    {
      "english": "to amend, repair, restore, cure, atone",
      "translation": "to amend, repair, restore, cure, atone",
      "word": "bētan"
    },
    {
      "english": "to improve, repair, to better",
      "translation": "to improve, repair, to better",
      "word": "bōtettan"
    },
    {
      "english": "unpardonable, not to be atoned for by bōt",
      "translation": "unpardonable, not to be atoned for by bōt",
      "word": "bōtlēas"
    },
    {
      "english": "pardonable, that can be atoned for by bōt",
      "translation": "pardonable, that can be atoned for by bōt",
      "word": "bōtwyrþe"
    },
    {
      "english": "repairing of bridges",
      "translation": "repairing of bridges",
      "word": "bryċġbōt"
    },
    {
      "word": "burgbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "liability for repair of the walls of a town or fortress",
      "translation": "liability for repair of the walls of a town or fortress",
      "word": "burhbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "repair of churches",
      "translation": "repair of churches",
      "word": "ċiriċbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "king's compensation",
      "translation": "king's compensation",
      "word": "cynebōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "amends, atonement, repentance, penitence",
      "translation": "amends, atonement, repentance, penitence",
      "word": "dǣdbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "mitigation of penance",
      "translation": "mitigation of penance",
      "word": "dǣdbōtlihting"
    },
    {
      "word": "dǣdbōtnes"
    },
    {
      "english": "penitence",
      "translation": "penitence",
      "word": "dǣdbētnes"
    },
    {
      "word": "dolgbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "fine or compensation for wounding",
      "translation": "fine or compensation for wounding",
      "word": "dolhbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "restoration to health",
      "translation": "restoration to health",
      "word": "eftbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "payment, fine for engaging in a feud",
      "translation": "payment, fine for engaging in a feud",
      "word": "fǣhþbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "money compensation",
      "translation": "money compensation",
      "word": "feohbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "atonement",
      "translation": "atonement",
      "word": "godbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "compensation for injury or insult to a priest",
      "translation": "compensation for injury or insult to a priest",
      "word": "hādbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "compensation paid to the relatives of a murdered man, maegbot",
      "translation": "compensation paid to the relatives of a murdered man, maegbot",
      "word": "mǣgbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "fine for assault on an unmarried woman",
      "translation": "fine for assault on an unmarried woman",
      "word": "mægþbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "fine paid to the lord of a man slain",
      "translation": "fine paid to the lord of a man slain",
      "word": "mannbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "penance lasting a month",
      "translation": "penance lasting a month",
      "word": "mōnaþbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "compensation for wounding",
      "translation": "compensation for wounding",
      "word": "sārbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "penance",
      "translation": "penance",
      "word": "synbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "to boot, with advantage, besides, moreover",
      "translation": "to boot, with advantage, besides, moreover",
      "word": "tō bōte"
    },
    {
      "word": "twibōte"
    },
    {
      "english": "subject to double compensation",
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "adverb"
      ],
      "translation": "subject to double compensation",
      "word": "twibēte"
    },
    {
      "english": "fine for injuring a priest",
      "translation": "fine for injuring a priest",
      "word": "wēofodbōt"
    },
    {
      "english": "penance lasting a week",
      "translation": "penance lasting a week",
      "word": "wucubōt"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "boot"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "bote"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "bute"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "buit"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "bote"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*bōtu",
        "4": "",
        "5": "recompense"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *bōtu (“recompense”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "2",
        "2": "cog"
      },
      "expansion": "Cognates",
      "name": "col-top"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "bote",
        "3": "bōte"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian bōte",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "bota",
        "3": "bōta"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon bōta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "boete"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch boete",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "buoza"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German buoza",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Buße"
      },
      "expansion": "German Buße",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "bot",
        "3": "bōt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse bōt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "bot"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish bot",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 (bōta)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *bōtu (“recompense”).\nCognates\nCognate with Old Frisian bōte, Old Saxon bōta, Dutch boete, Old High German buoza (German Buße), Old Norse bōt (Swedish bot), Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 (bōta).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bōt",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōte",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōte",
          "bote"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōt",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōt",
          "bot#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōta",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōta",
          "bota#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōte",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōte",
          "bote#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōte",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōte",
          "bote#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōta",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōta",
          "bota#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōte",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōte",
          "bote#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōte",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōte",
          "bote#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōta",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōta",
          "bota#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōte",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōte",
          "bote#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōtum",
      "links": [
        [
          "bōtum",
          "botum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "bōte",
        "head": "bōt"
      },
      "expansion": "bōt f (nominative plural bōte)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bōt"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bōt",
        "2": "bōta,bōte",
        "3": "bōte",
        "4": "bōta,bōte",
        "5": "bōte",
        "6": "bōta",
        "7": "bōte",
        "8": "bōtum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong ō-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The cure will be quick.",
          "text": "Byþ hræd bót.",
          "translation": "The cure will be quick.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "help, assistance, rescue, remedy, cure, deliverance from evil"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "help",
          "help"
        ],
        [
          "assistance",
          "assistance"
        ],
        [
          "rescue",
          "rescue"
        ],
        [
          "remedy",
          "remedy"
        ],
        [
          "cure",
          "cure"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "and an offering to the church for repairs",
          "text": "... and án swulung þǽre cirican to bóte",
          "translation": "and an offering to the church for repairs",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mending, repair, improvement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mending",
          "mending"
        ],
        [
          "repair",
          "repair"
        ],
        [
          "improvement",
          "improvement"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "for a redressing of his sins",
          "text": "For bóte his synna",
          "translation": "for a redressing of his sins",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "compensation",
          "compensation"
        ],
        [
          "recompense",
          "recompense"
        ],
        [
          "amends",
          "amends"
        ],
        [
          "atonement",
          "atonement"
        ],
        [
          "reformation",
          "reformation"
        ],
        [
          "penance",
          "penance"
        ],
        [
          "repentance",
          "repentance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "he was converted",
          "text": "Hé tó bóte gehwearf",
          "translation": "he was converted",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "improvement in (moral) condition, amendment"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/boːt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oːt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bot"
}

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