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botl

Pronunciation: /botl/

“botl” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. building
  2. house, dwelling

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.

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