| active voice | |||||||
| present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek bœti | 1pl | vér bœtum | 1sg | ek bœta | 1pl | vér bœtim |
| 2sg | þú bœtir | 2pl | þér bœtið | 2sg | þú bœtir | 2pl | þér bœtið |
| 3sg | hon bœtir | 3pl | þau bœta | 3sg | hon bœti | 3pl | þau bœti |
| preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek bœtta | 1pl | vér bœttum | 1sg | ek bœtta | 1pl | vér bœttim |
| 2sg | þú bœttir | 2pl | þér bœttuð | 2sg | þú bœttir | 2pl | þér bœttið |
| 3sg | hon bœtti | 3pl | þau bœttu | 3sg | hon bœtti | 3pl | þau bœtti |
| preterite infinitive | bœttu | ||||||
| past participle | f. | bœtt | m. | bœttr | n. | bœtt | |
| imperative | 2sg | bœt | 1pl | bœtum | 2pl | bœtið | |
| middle voice: bœtask “improve; recover; atone; be absolved” | |||||||
| present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek bœtumk | 1pl | vér bœtumk | 1sg | ek bœtumk | 1pl | vér bœtimk |
| 2sg | þú bœtisk | 2pl | þér bœtizk | 2sg | þú bœtisk | 2pl | þér bœtizk |
| 3sg | hon bœtisk | 3pl | þau bœtask | 3sg | hon bœtisk | 3pl | þau bœtisk |
| preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek bœttumk | 1pl | vér bœttumk | 1sg | ek bœttumk | 1pl | vér bœttimk |
| 2sg | þú bœttisk | 2pl | þér bœttuzk | 2sg | þú bœttisk | 2pl | þér bœttizk |
| 3sg | hon bœttisk | 3pl | þau bœttusk | 3sg | hon bœttisk | 3pl | þau bœttisk |
| past participle | n. | bœzk | |||||
| imperative | 2sg | bœzk | 1pl | bœtumk | 2pl | bœtizk | |
PG *bōtijaną, OE bētan 1, ME bēten, Dutch boeten, German büßen, derived from the noun PG *bōtō, ON bót, OE bōt “compensation; penance,” ME bōte, MnE (to) boot, Dutch boete, German Buße “fine.”
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