eofot
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From either æf- + hāt (“promise, command”), or rare ef-, likely of similar origin; compare eofolsian (“to blaspheme”).[1][2] The spelling ebhat- found in the Épinal and Erfurt glossaries (c. 700) serves as significant evidence for this etymology.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈe͜o.fot/, [ˈe͜o.vot]
Noun
eofot n
- sin, crime
- debt
- glossing Latin epiphonema; perhaps meaning a declaration of blame, or a condemnation
- as part of the phrase flītere in eofotum, glossing Latin rabulus; perhaps a criminal case or suit
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | eofot | eofot |
| accusative | eofot | eofot |
| genitive | eofotes | eofota |
| dative | eofote | eofotum |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- ġeeofot
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 171, 308
- ^ Hogg, Richard; Fulk, R. D. (1992), A Grammar of Old English, volume 1: Phonology, Oxford: Blackwell, →ISBN, pages 217, 272
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “eofot”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “eofot”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le , Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.