böta

See also: bota, bóta, and botá

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse bœta, from Proto-Germanic *bōtijaną.

VerbEdit

böta (present bötar, preterite bötade, supine bötat, imperative böta)

1. to pay a fine

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of böta (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	böta	—
Present tense	bötar	—
Past tense	bötade	—
Supine	bötat	—
Imperative	böta	—
Present participle	bötande
Past participle	bötad

Usage notesEdit

• More rarely conjugated bötte, bött, says SAOL (1923). This is the case in the very antiquated proverb hött är med ingo bött (“a threat is with naught atoned, is not a crime”).

See alsoEdit

• bot
• bötfälla

ReferencesEdit

• böta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)

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VilamovianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old High German boto.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

bȫta m (plural böta)

1. messenger, envoy