Old English Dictionary Entry

BEÓT

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 BEÓT

n. I. a threatening, threat, command, menace; comminatio, minæ :-- He ne wæs ondredende ða beótunge [beót, MSS. B. C.] ðæs ealdormannes minas principis non metuit, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477. 23 : Exon. 68 a; Th. 253, 7; Jul. 176. II. peril; periculum :-- Ðenden [ðen, MS.] in ðam beóte wǽron while they were in that peril, Cd. 187; Th. 232, 25; Dan. 265. III. a boasting, boasting promise, promise; jactantia, promissio gloriosa, promissum :-- Wæs him gylp forod, beót forborsten their vaunt was broken, their boasting shattered, Cd. 4; Th. 5, 11; Gen. 70. He beót eal wið ðé sóðe gelǽste he truly fulfilled all his promise to thee, Beo. Th. 1051; B. 523 : 160; B. 80. [Ger. M. H. Ger. butze, m. larva, terriculamenta.] DER. ge-beót, word-. beot

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Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖᚩᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Beo.: Beowulf
C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Jul.: Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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