Noun: botoun
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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Ac hy habbeþ hire herten zuo aꝛered ine god: þet hi ne pꝛayſeþ þe woꝛdle: bote ane botoun. and hi ne dꝛedeþ kyng. ne erl.[…] (But those who have their hearts inspired by God, who don't praise the world('s ways) even a bit and who don't fear kings, earls, […]) [c. 1340, Dan Michel, “Vridom”, in Ayenbite of Inwyt, page 86:]
Nouns inflected like botoun
schimeringe,
synger,
serche,
sengle,
snoute,
saucer,
sauter,
sapour,
saphir,
sachel,
sculle,
scrape,
scrowe,
scisme,
sclate,
schyfe,
schyve,
schole,
schere,
schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French bouton, boton. See English button for more. See: English Nouns '
button'.
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