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sott

  • adjective
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sott, adj.
Foolish, stupid; substantively, a fool
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  • Sot

    sottus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 16.

  • Sott

    hebes,

      50, 59.

  • Se ðe his ágene sprǽce áwyrt, hé wyrcþ

    barbarismus.

    Swylce hé cweðe ðú sót ðǽr hé sceolde cweðan ðú sott, Anglia viii.
      313, 21.

  • Ne biþ se ná wita, ðe unwíslíce leofaþ, ac biþ open sott, ðeáh ðe him swá ne þince,

      Homl. Skt. i. 13, 132.
Etymology
[Þu ebure sot (fol, 2nd MS.), Laym. 2271. Þa weoren Scottes ihalden for sottes, 21806. Seide ꝥ heo weoren sotten iueren, 17309. Nout to ȝunge preostes, ne to sot olde, A. R. 336, 12. Lat sottes chide, O. and N. 297. The word is of doubtful origin, v. Skeat's Etym. Dict. sot.]
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v.  sot.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sott.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/28370.

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