beot
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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)
Derived terms[edit]
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