boteles

Middle English

Alternative forms

botles, botelees, booteles, botelesse, bootles, butelesse

Etymology

From Old English bōtlēas; equivalent to bote (“help”) +‎ -les.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈboːtlɛːs/

Adjective

boteles

Unforgivable, unfixable, permanent, grave.
(Late Middle English) Bootless, useless, pointless; without purpose.

Descendants

English: bootless

References

“bọ̄telēs (adj.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-5.

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