boteles

Middle English

Alternative forms

• botles, botelees, booteles, botelesse, bootles, butelesse

Etymology

From Old English bōtlēas; equivalent to bote (“help”) +‎ -les.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːtlɛ̝ːs/

Adjective

boteles

1. Unforgivable, unfixable, permanent, grave.
2. (Late Middle English) Bootless, useless, pointless; without purpose.

Descendants

• English: bootless

References

• “bọ̄telēs, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-5.