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beot
beot
English
Noun
beot (plural beots)
- A boast, threat, boastful speech
- The Thyle is thus charged with challenging any beots that he feels may not be kept by the individual making them or gainsaying a claim he believes to be false or inaccurate. — Theod Sumbel, 2008
- boastfulness
Old English
Noun
bēot n (nominative plural bēot)
Derived terms
- bēotian — to threaten, boast, vow, promise
- bēotlic — arrogant, exulting, boastful, threatening
- bēotlīce — arrogantly, exultingly, boastfully, threateningly
- bêotmæcg m. — leader
- bêotung f. — threatening
- bêotword n. — boast: threat.