beot

English

Etymology

From Middle English beot (boast, threat, boastful speech; boastfulness), from Old English bēot; see below.

Noun

beot (countable and uncountable, plural beots)

  1. (countable) A boast or threat; boastful speech.
  2. (uncountable) Boastfulness.

Anagrams


Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beːo̯t/

Noun

bēot n (nominative plural bēot)

  1. threat, danger
  2. promise, vow, boast

Derived terms

  • bēotian to threaten, boast, vow, promise
  • bēotlic arrogant, exulting, boastful, threatening
  • bēotlīce arrogantly, exultingly, boastfully, threateningly
  • bêotmæcg m. leader
  • bêotung f. threatening
  • bêotword n. boast: threat.
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