beit

See also: Beit

Icelandic

Verb

beit

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of bíta

Middle English

Noun

beit

  1. Alternative form of bayte

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

beit

  1. simple past of bite
  2. imperative of beite

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

beit

  1. simple past of bite
  2. imperative of beite

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲedʲ/

Verb

beit

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive absolute of at·tá

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
beit beit
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbeit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *baitō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (to break, split). Related to bíta.

Noun

beit f (genitive beitar, plural beitar)

  1. a pasturage, a pasture
  2. a plate of metal mounted on the brim (of a thing)
Declension
Derived terms
  • beitarland n (a pasture man)
  • beitarmaðr m (owner of a pasture)
  • beitartollr (a toll or fee for pasturage)
Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: beit f
  • Icelandic: beit f

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *baitą, *baitaz, also from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (to break, split). Cognate with Old English bāt, which was borrowed into Old Norse again as the more used bátr.

Noun

beit n (genitive beits)

  1. (poetic) a boat
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beit

  1. second-person singular imperative active of beita
  2. first/third-person singular past indicative active of bíta

References

  • beit in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • beit in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
  • beit1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • beit2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • beit3”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈit/

Noun

beit (nominative plural beits)

  1. bite

Declension

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