eofot

== Old English == === Alternative forms === eobot, eofut, eofet, efat === Etymology === From either æf- +‎ hāt (“promise, command”), or rare ef-, likely of similar origin; compare eofolsian (“to blaspheme”). 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: ==== Synonyms ==== synn sċyld mān wrōht gylt sacu ==== Derived terms ==== ġeeofot === References === 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.