bót

See also bot, bột, 'bot, and -bot

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bót, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”). Cognates include Old Swedish bōt (“improvement”) whence Swedish bot (“fine”). Confer Swedish Boel and Bodil and Danish Bodil.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pouːt/

  Rhymes: -ouːt

Noun

bót f (genitive singular bótar, plural bætur)

1. betterment, improvement, cure
2. patch

Declension

declension of bót

f-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bót	bótin	bætur	bæturnar
accusative	bót	bótina	bætur	bæturnar
dative	bót	bótinni	bótum	bótunum
genitive	bótar	bótarinnar	bóta	bótanna

Related terms

• Bót- (in Bótey, Bóthildur and Bótólfur)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *buhtiz. Related to the Faroese byht, German Bucht (“bay, gulf; bight”), from Middle Low German, from Old Saxon buht.

Noun

bót f (genitive singular bótar, plural bætur)

1. a bight, a cove, an inlet, a small bay, a small fjord

Derived terms

• hnésbót
• olnbogabót

Related terms

• baugur
• bjúgur
• bogi
• bugt
• bugur

See also

• dalbotn
• hvilft
• vík
• vogur

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

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Kashubian

Noun

bót

1. shoe