bothe

See also: Bothe and boþe

English

Determiner

bothe

1. Obsolete spelling of both.

Conjunction

bothe

1. Obsolete spelling of both.

Anagrams

• thobe, Thobe, boteh

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from the oblique forms of Old East Norse *bóð (Old Norse búð), from Proto-Germanic *bōþō.

Alternative forms

• boþe, bot
• boothe, both, bowthe (Late Middle English)
• buth (Catholicon Anglicum)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːð(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /byːθ/ (Northern)

Noun

bothe (plural boothes)

1. A store, kiosk or booth, especially a temporary one.
2. A shack or cabin; any makeshift habitation.

Related terms

• tolboth

Descendants

• English: booth
  • → Bengali: বুথ (buth)
  • → Japanese: ブース (būsu)
  • → Korean: 부스 (buseu)
  • ⇒ Scottish Gaelic: bùth
  • → Welsh: bwth
• Scots: buith, buth

References

• “bọ̄th, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 May 2018.
• Dance, Richard; Pons-Sanz, Sara; Schorn, Brittany (2019), “boþe n”, in The Gersum Project ⁠‎, University of Cambridge, University of Cardiff, and the University of Sheffield.

Etymology 2

From Old English bā þā; possibly influenced by Old Norse báðir.

Alternative forms

• boþe, booþ, both
• baþe, baðe, boðe (Early Middle English)
• bath, bathe (Northern)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ̝ːð(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːð(ə)/ (Early Middle English)
• IPA^(key): /baːθ/ (Northern)

Determiner

bothe

1. both; both of (each or both of two things or groups of things)
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Matheu 10:28, folio 4, verso; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     and nyle ȝe dꝛede hem þat moun ſle þe bodi .· foꝛ þei moun not ſle þe ſoule / but raþere dꝛede ȝe hym þat mai leeſe boþe bodi and ſoule in to helle

     But don't fear those who can kill the body, because they can't kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who can destroy both the body and soul in Hell.

2. one of two; either of.

Descendants

• English: both
• Scots: baith

Pronoun

bothe

1. both (each or both of two things or groups of things)

Descendants

• English: both
• Scots: baith

Conjunction

bothe

1. both; including both or all (things)

Descendants

• English: both

  Geordie: byeth

• Scots: baith

References

• “bōthe, num. (as noun, adj., & conj.).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 May 2018.