bǿta

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bōtijaną.

Verb

bǿta (singular past indicative bǿtti, plural past indicative bǿtti, past participle bǿttr)

  1. to improve, to better something, to correct something [with accusative]
  2. to improve somebody's ways [with accusative]
  3. to add to, to make a contribution [with accusative]
  4. to compensate, to make good [with dative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘for something’; or with accusative ‘for something’ and við (+ accusative) ‘someone’]
  5. to relieve, to remedy, to mend, to cure [with dative ‘someone’, along with genitive or af (+ dative) ‘of a disease’]

Conjugation

Conjugation of bǿta — active (weak class 1)
infinitive bǿta
present participle bǿtandi
past participle bǿttr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular bǿti bǿtta bǿta bǿtta
2nd person singular bǿtir bǿttir bǿtir bǿttir
3rd person singular bǿtir bǿtti bǿti bǿtti
1st person plural bǿtum bǿttum bǿtim bǿttim
2nd person plural bǿtið bǿttuð bǿtið bǿttið
3rd person plural bǿta bǿttu bǿti bǿtti
imperative present
2nd person singular bǿt, bǿti
1st person plural bǿtum
2nd person plural bǿtið
Conjugation of bǿta — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive bǿtask
present participle bǿtandisk
past participle bǿzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular bǿtumk bǿttumk bǿtumk bǿttumk
2nd person singular bǿtisk bǿttisk bǿtisk bǿttisk
3rd person singular bǿtisk bǿttisk bǿtisk bǿttisk
1st person plural bǿtumsk bǿttumsk bǿtimsk bǿttimsk
2nd person plural bǿtizk bǿttuzk bǿtizk bǿttizk
3rd person plural bǿtask bǿttusk bǿtisk bǿttisk
imperative present
2nd person singular bǿzk, bǿtisk
1st person plural bǿtumsk
2nd person plural bǿtizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: bæta
  • Faroese: bøta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bøta
  • Old Swedish: bøta
  • Danish: bøde
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bøte