Type Word & Element Usage Old Norse [1] Meaning & History Old Norse word meaning "remedy, improvement". Related ItemsFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & Culturesbot(Anglo-Saxon) bōtō(Old Germanic) Given Name DescendantsBodil(Danish) Bodil(Norwegian) Bóthildr(Old Norse) Bodil, Boel(Swedish) Surname DescendantBodilsen(Danish) Same Spellingbot 1, bot 2 Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 72.