Bœta

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

bœta Old Icelandic word can mean:

bœta

(-tta, -ttr), v.

bœta

1) to better, improve (ár þær, sem mikit ~ landit);

bœta

~ ráð sitt (to better one’s condition) ok biðja konu;

bœta

~ aptr, to restore;

bœta

~ at e-u, to repair;

bœta

~ upp borg, to repair it;

bœta

2) to make up for, compensate;

bœta

ef þér vilit eigi ~ (make up for) þat er þér hafit brotit;

bœta

~ glœp sinn syndir sínar, to atone for one’s crime, sins;

bœta

~ e-m e-t, to compensate one for a thing (= ~ e-t við e-n);

bœta

Styrr vá mörg víg, en bœtti engi (viz. víg), S. slew many men, but paid for none;

bœta

~ mann fé (dat.), to pay weregild for one slain (Hrafnkell bœtti engan mann fé);

bœta

~ sál sína, to devote one’s efforts to the saving of one’s soul;

bœta

~ um e-t, to improve a thing;

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ekki bœtist um, matters grow worse;

bœta

~ yfir e-t, to make good again, redress;

bœta

3) to heal, restore to health;

bœta

guð bœtti honum af þessi sótt, God healed him of his disease; with gen. of the disease;

bœta

~ e-m sinnar vanheilsu, to restore one to health;

bœta

refl., e-m bœtist, one gets better, is restored to health; with gen. of the disease (bœttist Búa augnaverkjarins).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᛏᛅ

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• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary