Swedish

Verb

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

1. to pay a fine

Conjugation

Usage notes

• 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 also

• bot
• bötfälla

References

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

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old High German boto.

Pronunciation

Noun

bȫta m (plural böta)

1. messenger, envoy