botl

Old English

Alternative forms

• bold

Etymology

Probably representing an earlier *boþl, from Proto-West Germanic *bōþl, from Proto-Germanic *bōþlą, from an instrumental form of *būaną (“to dwell”). Compare Old Norse ból. More at suffix -eld.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /botl/

Noun

botl n (West Saxon)

1. building
2. house, dwelling
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     ðā Drihten ārǣrde miċelne wind, and sē ġelǣhte ealne þone līġ, and ābǣr hine tō ðǣs cyninges botle, swā þæt him ne belǣfde nān þing unforburnen, and hē sylf earfoðlīċe þām fȳre ætbærst.

     The Lord rose up a great wind, and it caught all the flame, and bore it to the king's dwelling, so that nothing unburnt to him remained, and he himself escaped from the fire with difficulty.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	botl	botl
accusative	botl	botl
genitive	botles	botla
dative	botle	botlum

Derived terms

• bytlan
• cynebotl

Descendants

• Middle English: botel
  • English: bottle (in placenames e.g. Walbottle, Shilbottle)
• Middle English: bold (from metathetic form bold)
  • English: bold