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)
- (countable) A boast or threat; boastful speech.
- (uncountable) Boastfulness.
Anagrams
- -to-be, Tebo, Tobe, boet, bote, to-be, tobe
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beːo̯t/
Noun
bēot n (nominative plural bēot)
- threat, danger
- 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.