beot
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English beot (“boast, threat, boastful speech; boastfulness”), from Old English bēot; see below.
Noun edit
beot (countable and uncountable, plural beots)
- (countable) A boast or threat; boastful speech.
- (uncountable) Boastfulness.
Anagrams edit
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From earlier bihāt, second element cognate with Old Norse heit with very similar semantics.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bēot n (nominative plural bēot)