bøde.
fine (payment for breaking the law)
Meaning & usage
fine (payment for breaking the law)
ticket (traffic citation)
Where this word comes from
Originally a plural of bod (“fine, penance”).
to be fined, to forfeit
to mend, to repair
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse bǿta, from Proto-Germanic *bōtijaną, cognate with Swedish böta, German büßen, Dutch boeten, Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bōtjan). Related to the noun *bōtō (Danish bod).
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