boþe

n.

'booth, arbour' (Modern English booth)

Etymology

Always derived from a reconstructed OEN *bóð due to the vocalism (cp. Dan and Sw bod and the v. OSw bóa), cp. the commonly attested OIcel búð 'booth, temporary building or tent' (see Bj. 286, Björkman 1898-1901: 24). A WGmc cognate does survive in MLG bōde, MHG buode 'hut', but the initial attestation of the word in English and the distribution of place-names in particular lend incidental support to the case for derivation from ON. The n. is formed on the common Gmc v. *bōwwan-, and connections beyond Gmc have also been suggested, e.g. OIr both 'hut'.

PGmc Ancestor

*būþō

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

búð 'booth, temporary building or tent'
(ONP búð (sb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far búð, Icel búð, Norw bu, bud, Dan bod, Sw bod

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

B2abc

Attestation

This n. is first attested in Orrm, and more common in N and E texts in MED's citations from texts and personal names; EPNE records it as a wide-spread element in N place-names.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Pat 441

Bibliography

MED bọ̄th (n.) , OED booth (n.) , HTOED , Bj. 162, 206, 286, de Vries búð, Mag. búð, Orel *būþō ~ *bōþōn, Seebold Bōww-a-, EPNE bōth