botgörare

Swedish

Etymology

From bot (“penance”) +‎ görare (“doer”).

Noun

botgörare c

  1. a penitent (one undergoing penance)
    • 1907, Verner von Heidenstam, Folkungaträdet: Bjälboarvet [The Tree of the Folkungs: The Bellbo Heritage]‎[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 19 October 2025:
      [En] botgörare skall gå barfota och torftigt klädd med skräppan på sin axel, men du beger dig [av] som till ett gille.
      A penitent must walk barefoot and poorly clad with scrip on shoulder, but you set out as though to a banquet.

Declension

Declension of botgörare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite botgörare botgörares
definite botgöraren botgörarens
plural indefinite botgörare botgörares
definite botgörarna botgörarnas

References

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