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